Arkansas State Board of Optometry v. Keller

Appellant, Arkansas State Board of Optometry, brought this suit against appellees, D. P. Keller and five named physicians, to enjoin them from violating Act 94 of the General Assembly of 1941, a statute governing the practice of optometry.

From some time in 1932, D. P. Keller, a layman— whom it is conceded has never been licensed to practice optometry or medicine — was employed by the American Optical Company as its manager in Hot Springs, Arkansas. During this time and up until February, 1950, Keller personally handled the “dispensing service” in the preparation of patients’ spectacles, which…