People ex rel. State Board of Health v. Smith
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ op Error to the Appellate Court for the Second District;—heard in that court on writ of error to the Circuit Court of Peoria county; the Hon. L. D. Ptjterbaugh, Judge, presiding.
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Writ op Error to the Appellate Court for the Second District;—heard in that court on writ of error to the Circuit Court of Peoria county; the Hon. L. D. Ptjterbaugh, Judge, presiding. An action in debt was brought by the People, for the use of the State Board of Health, against Smith, the defendant in error, before a jnstice of the peace in Peoria county, to recover the statutory penalty prescribed by the act entitled “An act to regulate the practice of medicine in the State of Illinois, and to repeal an act therein named,” in force July 1,1899. (Hurd’s Stat. 1899, p. 1143.) The justice found…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Carter
While the parties have not pointed out and we have been unable to find in the record what the charge or complaint against the defendant in error was, we will assume, under rule 15 of this court, that the cause of action as stated by plaintiff in error and not denied by defendant in error was, that Smith professed to treat, treated, operated upon and prescribed for the physical ailments, physical injuries to and deformities of others, and also was an itinerant vendor of an appliance, to-wit, prescription glasses, intended and by him recommended for the treatment of diseases or injuries, and…
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- Pease v. DittoIllinois Supreme Court · 1900
3Cited by2 opinions
- People ex rel. State Board of Health v. SmithIllinois Supreme Court · 1904
- Smith v. People ex rel. Illinois State Board of HealthAppellate Court of Illinois · 1903