People v. Pacific Land Research Co.

Opinion

MOSK, J.

The Attorney General and the District Attorney of Kern County brought an action in thé name of the People, alleging that defendants, in making sales of land to the public, violated various provisions of law by subdividing without notifying the Real Estate Commissioner or receiving his permission to subdivide, in violation of the Subdivided Lands Act (Bus. & Prof. Code, § 11000 et seq.) 1 and by making misrepresentations in the sale of such land (§ 17500), 2 and that this conduct constituted unfair competition (Civ. Code, § 3369). 3 The complaint sought not only injunctive…