Mann v. North Carolina State Board of Examiners in Optometry

C. S., 6691, Michie’s, provides that “every person, before beginning to practice optometry in this State after the passage of this article, shall pass an examination before the board of examiners,” etc. The plaintiff from 1913 to 1931 discontinued the practice of optometry, engaged in other business, and failed and omitted to pay the fees required by law.

Did such conduct on his part amount to an abandonment of his license duly issued or of his right to reenter the profession without examination?

It has been generally held that mere lapse of time or other delay in asserting a claim…