Minnesota Board of Barber Examiners v. Laurance

Action in the Hennepin County District Court brought by the Minnesota Board of Barber Examiners for an injunction restraining Jack Laurance, defendant, a registered cosmetologist, from practicing bartering without a license. The lower court ordered judgment for defendant and denied the prayer for injunction and further denied the board’s post-trial alternative motion to amend the complaint to seek declaratory relief or for a new trial. The board appeals from the judgment and from denial of its post-trial motion. Affirmed.

The board contends that the activity of defendant of “cutting” hair,…