Hall v. Scudder

Petition by M. D. Hall for a writ of mandate, requiring the Real Estate Commissioner to renew petitioner’s license as a real estate broker. The trial court sustained the commissioner’s general demurrer without leave to amend, entered judgment dismissing the proceeding, and petitioner appeals.

The petition alleged the following facts: That petitioner has been for many years a licensed real estate broker; that prior to the expiration of his annual license, June 30, 1943, he filed an application for renewal thereof and paid the statutory fee; that on August 6, 1943, the commissioner, without…