Beverungen v. Briele

The sole question presented on this appeal is whether a chiropractor may be designated a “Chiropractic Physician”.

STATEMENT OF FACTS

In an action for a declaratory judgment and injunction brought in the Circuit Court of Baltimore City by appellees 1 (M. D.’s) against appellants, 2 (Chiropractors) the chancellor issued a decretal order on 25 July 1974 that Chiropractors “are hereby permanently restrained and enjoined from the use of the term ‘physician’ by itself or in combination with other words, in any printed or written form.” 3 Chiropractors, aggrieved by the order, noted a timely appeal…