Mayo v. Lynes

The defendants’ first contention is that the petition was fatally defective in that there is no allegation that the plaintiffs had complied with the license law as required by Code § 84-1413, which states: “No person, firm or corporation shall have the right to enforce in any court any claim for commissions, profits, option profits, or fees for any business done as real-estate broker or salesman without having previously obtained the license required under the terms of this Chapter.” We agree with this contention. In the case of Bernstein v. Peters, 68 Ga. App. 218 (22 S. E. 2d, 614), where a…