In the Matter of Eve M. Carlson

This is an appeal by the Real Estate Commission and its members, hereinafter referred to as “the respondents,” the appellee being Eve M. Carlson, an applicant for a real estate broker’s license, hereinafter referred to as “the petitioner.” The appeal is from the mandate of a circuit judge at chambers, directing the respondents to issue the license to the petitioner. The mandate is a peremptory one on the pleadings issued pursuant to Revised Laws of Hawaii 1945, section 10267.

The first of the two specifications of error challenges the circuit judge’s interpretation of the enactment dealing…