State v. Winneshiek Co-Operative Burial Ass'n

The attorney general’s petition in quo warranto alleged that the defendant, the Winneshiek Co-operative Burial Association, was a co-operative corporation, created under the provisions of chapter 390, Code of 1927, for the purpose of engaging in the profession of embalming, and that since its incorporation on July 8, 1930, it has been engaged in the practice of embalming and that said practice “is against public policy and in violation of law.”

The answer, in seven divisions, set up numerous defenses, chief of which was a denial by the defendant that it was practicing embalming and an…