Bratton v. Chandler

The appellees, as complainants in the- District Court in their capacity as copartners, or as individuals, assailed the constitutionality under the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States, of a statute of Tennessee passed in 1921, entitled, “An Act to define, regulate and license real estate brokers and real estate salesmen; to create a State Real Estate Commission, and to provide a penalty for a violation of the provisions hereof.” Pub. Acts, 1921, c. 98.

Appellants Bratton, Adams and Brownlow were appointed Commissioners under the act, and they and the appellant Bates,…