State v. Hopkins
Montana Supreme Court
Appeal from, District Court, Lewis and Clark County; E. Lee Word, Judge. W. H. Hopkins was convicted of a misdemeanor committed by practicing osteopathy without obtaining a license, and appeals from the judgment and an order denying him a new trial.
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Appeal from, District Court, Lewis and Clark County; E. Lee Word, Judge. W. H. Hopkins was convicted of a misdemeanor committed by practicing osteopathy without obtaining a license, and appeals from the judgment and an order denying him a new trial. If the legislative intent was to include within the meaning of sections 1594-1606 of our Political Code one who is engaged as a chiropractor, then to that extent the sections are unconstitutional because repugnant to Article Y, section 23 of the Constitution of the state of Montana. There was nothing in the title of the Act regulating the praetiee…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Brantly
The defendant was convicted of a misdemeanor committed by engaging in the practice of osteopathy “under and by the name of chiropractic or chiropractor” for compensation without first having obtained a license from 'the state board of osteopathic examiners. He has appealed from the judgment and an order denying him a new trial.
1. The first contention is that the conviction cannot be [1] sustained because, if it was the intention of the legislature, in enacting the provisions of the Revised Codes relating to the practice of osteopathy, to include in their meaning one engaged in practicing of…
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