ATTORNEY GENERAL EX REL. BOARD OF EXAMINERS IN OPTOMETRY v. PETERSON

Docket Nos. 346, 346-1/2, 349.

4 Mich. App. 612 (1966)

145 N.W.2d 386

ATTORNEY GENERAL, ex rel. BOARD OF EXAMINERS IN OPTOMETRY, v. PETERSON. SAME v. SMEELINK.

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Rehearing denied December 1, 1966.

Leave to appeal granted February 21, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Robert A. Derengoski, Solicitor General, Joseph B. Bilitzke, and Maurice M. Moule, Assistant Attorneys General, for the plaintiff.

Woodrow A. Yared, for defendants Martin C. Peterson and Forest W. Sattler.

Berton Sevensma, for defendants Judson L. Smeelink and Elaine Smeelink.

Amici Curiae:

Detroit Ophthalmological Society, by Frederick C. Weyher.

Michigan State Medical Society, by Lester P. Dodd.


Leave to appeal granted by Supreme Court February 21, 1967. See 378 Mich. 751.

BURNS, P.J.

Although the late Judge WATTS heard oral arguments on this case, his death occurred prior to preparation of the opinion.

The above 2 cases were consolidated for trial and also on appeal. The appellants are opticians in the city of Grand Rapids. Prior to the innovation of contact lenses appellants were primarily engaged in the business of fabricating eyewear for...

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