People v. Moss

The defendant-appellant was convicted on the charge that he “did engage in the business or engage in the capacity of a contractor ’ ’ without a license as required by the Contractors’ License Law. (Act 1660, Deering’s Gen. Laws, 1937.) Viewing the evidence most favorably to the conviction, it may be said to warrant the conclusion that the defendant bought materials, hired labor and enlisted the services of a superintendent, all to the end that a structure was built on property owned by the defendant. Inasmuch as we are of the opinion that an owner does not become a1 ‘ contractor” because he…