State Ex Rel. State Board of Accountancy v. Bookkeepers Business Service Co.

This action was brought by the State of Tennessee, on relation of the State Board of Accountancy, seeking a declaration that the defendant Bookkeepers Business Service Company, a corporation, was engaged in the practice of public accountancy, and seeking an injunction restraining such practice. In the original bill,' after pointing out that the practice of public accounting by a corporation is expressly prohibited by T.C.A. sec. 62-141, complainant averred that the defendant openly solicits business from the general public and holds itself out as one skilled in the knowledge, science and…