Keith v. State Barber Board

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Mason, J.:

This action was brought by Mary E. Keith, who operates in Wichita a place which she styles “Ladies’ Hairdressing and Beauty Parlors,” against the State Barber Board and others, to prevent their requiring her to comply with the regulations imposed upon barbers. She was refused relief, and appeals.

*835The question involved is whether the business conducted by the plaintiff makes her a barber within the meaning of the term in the statute regulating the practice of that calling, the defendants holding the affirmative. The act is entitled as one…