Legal Opinion

People v. John H. Woodbury Dermatological Institute

New York Court of Appeals

Decided September 29, 1908PublishedCited by 38 opinions

Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered March 20, 1908, which affirmed a judgment of the Court of Special Sessions of the city of Hew York convicting tlio defendant of the misdemeanor of unlawfully advertising to practice medicine without authorization and registration. The facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion.

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Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, entered March 20, 1908, which affirmed a judgment of the Court of Special Sessions of the city of Hew York convicting tlio defendant of the misdemeanor of unlawfully advertising to practice medicine without authorization and registration. The facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. The defendant did not advertise to practice medicine within the meaning of the act. (S. E. M. Inst. v. State, 103 N. W. Rep. 1078; S. E. M. Inst. v. Platner, 103 N. W. Rep. 1079; Underwood v. Soott,…

1Opinion of the CourtWillard Bartlett, J.

The statute now in force which regulates the practice of medicine in this state provides that “ any person not a registered physician who shall advertise to practice medicine, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.” (Laws of 1907, chap. 344, § 15.)

The district attorney of the county of Rew York laid an information before the Court of Special Sessions accusing the defendant of the crime of unlawfully advertising to practice medicine in violation of this prohibition. The defendant was convicted upon proof sufficient to establish the fact that it had so advertised. It was contended before the trial…

2Cited by38 opinions

  1. Matter of Co-Operative Law Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1910
  2. Berlin v. Sarah Bush Lincoln Health CenterIllinois Supreme Court · 1997
  3. McMurdo v. GetterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1937
  4. Bartron v. Codington CountySouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1942
  5. People v. United Medical Service, Inc.Illinois Supreme Court · 1936

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