State Board of Barber Examiners v. Cloud

Appellees sued for a permanent injunction against the enforcement of appellant’s administrative order fixing for Huntington County the minimum prices barbers therein might charge for their services and the hours when their shops might be open for business. Demurrer to the complaint was overruled and, refusing to plead over, appellant suffered judgment granting the injunction. The question in this appeal therefrom is whether such administrative orders are within the police power of the State.

Until 1933 barbers and their shops were under no regulation other than the general laws respecting…