Uzzo v. Louisiana Real Estate Board

O’NIELL, Chief Justice.

The Louisiana Real Estate Board and the Department of Occupational Standards are appealing from a judgment ordering them to issue to the relator, Ignatius E. Uzzo, a license to engage in the business of real estate broker.

The Louisiana Real Estate Board was created by Act No. 236 of 1920. The act was amended by Act No. 175 of 1936 and again by Act No. 268 of 1940. The Department of Occupational Standards was created by Act No. 13 of 1942, and the Louisiana Real Estate Board was thereby merged into and consolidated with the Department of Occupational Standards.

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