Patterson v. Buck

Bboyies, O. J.

1. While the license of a practitioner of medicine is rendered invalid where he fails to pay his professional tax, nevertheless, until a nulla bona has been entered by the proper authority upon an execution issued against such practitioner for such tax, one licensed as a physician may charge for his services rendered and collect the charges. See, in this connection, Williams v. Ivey, 177 Ga. 77 (169 S. E. 366). In that case the ruling was in regard to a practitioner of law, but the principle there decided applies equally to a practitioner of medicine; and the decision is…