Kay Jewelry Co. v. Board of Registration in Optometry

This is a bill in equity of the class illustrated by Shuman v. Gilbert, 229 Mass. 225, and Slome v. Chief of Police of Fitchburg, 304 Mass. 187, brought by a dealer in eyeglasses, lenses and eyeglass frames, to restrain the enforcement against it of St. 1938, c. 434, on the ground *582that the statute is invalid and that its enforcement would destroy the plaintiff’s good will and established business.

The plaintiff for more than eight years has maintained an optical department for the sale of eyeglasses, lenses and eyeglass frames, and has employed to operate it registered optometrists, who have…