State v. Fite
Idaho Supreme Court
APPEAL from the District Court of the Second Judicial District for Nez Perce County. Hon. Edgar C. Steele, Judge. Appellant was convicted of practicing medicine within this state without having obtained a license so to do.
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APPEAL from the District Court of the Second Judicial District for Nez Perce County. Hon. Edgar C. Steele, Judge. Appellant was convicted of practicing medicine within this state without having obtained a license so to do. In construing a statute the court should take into consideration the reason of the law; that is, the object and purpose of the same, and the object and contemplation of the legislative body in enacting the same, and the time and conditions under which it was passed. (Wood v. Independent School Dist., 21 Ida. 734, 124 Pac. 780; Oneida Go. v. Evans, 25 Ida. 460, 138 Pac. 337;…
1Opinion of the CourtMorgan, J.
This is an appeal from a judgment pronounced against the appellant upon his conviction of having practiced medicine within this state without having obtained a license so to do.
The practice of medicine in Idaho is regulated by chap. 17, title 8, of the Political Code (secs. 1341 to 1356, inclusive). See. 1350 provides that any person practicing medicine and surgery within this state without having obtained the license required, or contrary to the provisions of that chapter, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and fixes the penalty therefor. See. 1353, in so far as it is applicable to this case,…
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- Martin v. BaldySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1915
- Ingard v. BarkerIdaho Supreme Court · 1915
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