HALE v. VITALE

No. S-1967.

751 P.2d 488 (1988)

Chris HALE d/b/a Alaska Excavation, Appellant, v. Bob VITALE d/b/a Holiday Payless Rent-A-Car and Holiday Payless Rent-A-Car, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

March 11, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott L. Taylor, Hoppner & Paskvan, P.C., Fairbanks, for appellant.

William R. Satterberg, Jr. and Michael A. Brain, Law Offices of William R. Satterberg, Jr., Fairbanks, for appellees.

Before MATTHEWS, C.J., and RABINOWITZ, BURKE, COMPTON and MOORE, JJ.


OPINION

MATTHEWS, Chief Justice.

Hale, a building contractor, brought suit for breach of contract. The trial court dismissed Hale's complaint pursuant to AS 08.18.151 which bars suits by contractors for breach of contract if they were not registered at the time they entered into the contract. We reverse.

The narrow question presented here is whether AS 08.18.151 bars a contractor from bringing an action if he is registered but not bonded. Hale's...

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