Legal Opinion
Peery v. Virginia Board of Funeral Directors & Embalmers
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided November 27, 1961No. Record 5360PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSpratley, J.
On April 26, 1961, James W. Peery, hereinafter referred to as petitioner, filed his original petition alleging that notwithstanding his compliance with Code, §§ 54-260.24 and 54-260.25, as amended, the Virginia Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers, and its individual members, had denied his application for a license as a funeral director. He prayed that a writ of mandamus forthwith issue requiring and compelling the said Board and each member thereof to issue and deliver to him a license as a funeral director within the meaning of that term as set forth in § 54-260.1 of the Code of…
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