UNDERWRITERS CONSTRUCTION CO. v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

No. 2732.

170 A.2d 236 (1961)

UNDERWRITERS CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, Inc., by and through its President, Robert H. Johnson and Robert H. Johnson, personally, Appellants, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Appellee.

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided May 8, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Earl J. Lombard, Washington, D. C., for appellants.

John R. Hess, Asst. Corporation Counsel, Washington, D. C., with whom Chester H. Gray, Corporation Counsel, Milton D. Korman, Principal Asst. Corporation Counsel, and Hubert B. Pair, Asst. Corporation Counsel, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before HOOD and QUINN, Associate Judges, and CAYTON (Chief Judge, Retired) sitting by designation under Code § 11-776(b).


CAYTON, Acting Retired Judge.

Appellants were convicted and fined for two violations of the Real Estate and Business Brokers' License Act.1 This statute makes it unlawful to act as a real-estate broker without a license, and defines such broker as anyone engaged in the business of erecting houses or causing the erection for sale on his land, and sells or offers them for sale, "or who, as owner or otherwise * * * sells, * * * offers or...

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