Kenoyer v. Board of Barber Examiners

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Wertz, J.:

This was an action in mandamus wherein the plaintiff, Charles V. Kenoyer (appellee), sought to compel the defendants, the State Board of Barber Examiners and individual members thereof (appellants), to issue unto him a certificate of registration to practice as a barber within the state of Kansas. From a judgment in favor of plaintiff, defendants appeal. '

The facts, insofar as the determinative question in this appeal is concerned, are briefly as follows:

Plaintiff had been a licensed barber practicing in Kansas from the years 1913 to 1934,…