Underwriters Construction Co. ex rel. Johnson v. District of Columbia

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 attempts to sell or to negotiate the sale of any lot or lots in any subdivision of land comprising ten lots or more * * *.”2 The government presented evidence…