Hilboldt v. Wisconsin Real Estate Brokers' Board

The issue, broadly stated, is: Does the evidence, as it appears in the record, sufficiently support the findings of the Wisconsin Real Estate Brokers’ Board so as to justify a revocation of the appellant’s real-estate broker’s license ?

Ch. 136, Stats., Real Estate Brokers’ Board, is a regulatory legislative enactment, under the police power, designed, primarily, to protect the interest of the general public. The history, as set out by the early cases, reveals that prior to the enactment of these regulatory statutes unscrupulous persons dealt in the buying and selling of real estate either for…