Law for Business 10th Edition by James Barnes,Terry Dworkin,Eric Richards

Exercise 10

Wilson was a licensed architect who had failed to pay the annual $15 registration fee required by the licensing statute. He had done $33,900 of good architectural work for Kealakekua Ranch, which refused to pay. He sued for his fee, and Kealakekua raised the defense of illegality. Did Wilson's failure to pay the annual registration fee make his contract with Kealakekua illegal?