Short v. State Licensing Board for the Healing Arts

Me. Ci-tiee Justice Neil

delivered the opinion of the Court.

This cause originated in the chancery court of Macon County by an original bill filed by the State Licensing-Board to enjoin the defendant from practicing medicine. The bill alleged that the defendant had no license to engage in the practice of any branch of the healing arts. The defendant demurred to the bill upon the grounds (1) that Chapter 9 of the Public Acts of 1947 is unconstitutional, the body of the Act being broader than the caption, (2) that the Legislature is without authority “to empower either the chancery courts or…