Allen v. Rhode Island State Board of Veterinarians

This petition for a writ of mandamus was brought in the superior court to compel the state board of veterinarians and the individual members thereof, hereinafter called the board, to allow petitioner to take the examination for the practice of veterinary medicine, surgery and dentistry in this state.

Prior to the trial of the case the petitioner brought in question upon the record the constitutionality of that portion of sec. 4, chapter 718, public laws 1939, which we have italicized in the quotation that follows, alleging that it violated article III; art. IV, sections 1 and 2; art. X,…