Citation Numbers: 2 N.J. Misc. 738
Filed Date: 7/10/1924
Status: Precedential
Modified Date: 7/25/2022
The defendant below appeals from a judgment rendered by the Orange District Court. The suit was instituted to recover the reasonable value of the plaintiff’s services in drawing plans for a bungalow which the defendant desired to erect at Maplewood, Yew Jersey. The plaintiff had been a draughtsman since 1903. He became a licensed architect on April 27th, 1922. The defendant abandoned his plan of building a bungalow due in part to certain restrictions contained in a zoning ordinance of Maplewood. Yo price had been agreed upon between the parties for the plaintiff’s work. The suit was based upon a quantum meruit. The defense was that the plaintiff was not entitled to recover for his services because he was not a licensed architect. The argument advanced in behalf of the defendant-appellant is that as the act entitled “An act to regulate the practice of architecture (1 Comp. Stat., p. 110) makes it a misdemeanor to practice architecture without the issuance of a certificate or license to practice, no recovery of foes can be had by one who has not received a license.' We find it unnecessary to pass upon this question. The case is before us on a state of the case settled by the court. The court found as facts that there
The judgment below is affirmed, with costs.