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Commonwealth v. Martindell

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided November 20, 1923No. Appeal, 142PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Linn, J.,

From 1919 to 1922, defendant, a chiropractor, without having obtained a certificate of licensure from the Bureau of Medical Education and Licensure, as required by the Act of June 3,1911, P. L. 639 (amended April 20, 1921, P. L. 158), pursued his vocation, which he testified to be an art of healing by vertebral manipulation.

He was accordingly indicted and convicted on counts respectively charging, that without having obtained the necessary certificate he (1) engaged in the practice of medicine and surgery, (2) held himself out as a practitioner of medicine and surgery, and…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Reynolds v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
  2. Collins v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
  3. Commonwealth v. HerrSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1910
  4. Commonwealth v. SeibertSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1918
  5. Commonwealth v. ByrdSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1916

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Long v. Metzger, S. B. M. E., Etc.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1930
  2. Commonwealth v. JobeSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1927
  3. Commonwealth v. Howard C. LongSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1930
  4. Christy v. State Board of Education & LicensureSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1940
  5. Steinbach v. MetzgerCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1933

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