State Ex Rel. La Prade v. Smith

This is a complaint by the state, on the relation of the Attorney General, for an injunction against A. T. Smith to enjoin and restrain him from practicing medicine and surgery without first having obtained a license to do so. The trial court was of the opinion that the facts stated in the complaint were not sufficient to authorize the interposition of equity and for that reason sustained defendant’s demurrer and entered judgment of dismissal. The state has appealed and assigns the court’s ruling as error.

It is alleged in the complaint that defendant, Smith, is now, and has been since June,…