Williams v. Kinsey

Defendant appeals from an adverse judgment.

It appears from the record that during the year 1941 plaintiff was a licensed real estate broker actively engaged in such business in the city of Los Angeles. Defendant, though not a licensed real estate broker, was an operator in real estate on a more or less large scale. He published and circulated among some 800 real estate brokers, including plaintiff, brochures in which he set forth his holdings on which he was open to proposals. Through these brochures defendant advertised that he dealt through brokers only and would pay a real estate…