Legal Opinion

People ex rel. State Board of Health v. McCoy

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided June 16, 1888PublishedCited by 24 opinions

Appeal from the Criminal Court of Cook county; the Hon. A. N. Waterman, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scott

This suit was brought in the Criminal Court of Cook county, under and by virtue of the provisions of section 12 of the act of 1887, to regulate the practice of medicine in this State, in the name of the People, for the use of the State Board of Health, against John C. McCoy, alias J. Cresap McCoy, to recover the statutory penalty imposed by that section for practicing medicine without a certificate from the State Board of Health. On the trial the court found the issues for defendant, and rendered judgment against plaintiff for costs.

The court was asked by defendant, at the trial, to hold a…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. People ex rel. Sheppard v. Illinois State Board of Dental ExaminersIllinois Supreme Court · 1884

3Cited by24 opinions

  1. Anderson v. AlexanderOregon Supreme Court · 1951
  2. Lawrence v. Board of Registration in MedicineMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1921
  3. Gilchrist v. BierringSupreme Court of Iowa · 1944
  4. Investors Syndicate of America, Inc. v. HughesIllinois Supreme Court · 1941
  5. Klafter v. State Board of ExaminersIllinois Supreme Court · 1913

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