State v. Knight

This is a suit by the State of Iowa upon the relation of the county attorney of Boone County, Iowa. The objective is the revocation and cancellation of the license of the defendant, Sanborn E. Knight, to practice medicine and surgery in the state of Iowa. The sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the decree entered by the trial court is seriously questioned by the appellant, Knight; but, before reviewing this point, we give attention to the proposition that the cause was not properly instituted, and consequently the court was without any jurisdicion whatever to try the proceeding. In brief,…