New York Court of Appeals

The People of the State of New York, Respondent v. John H. Woodbury Dermatological Institute, Appellant

September 29, 1908192 N.Y. 454

Summary

The Court affirmed the conviction of a corporation for unlawfully advertising to practice medicine, holding that the term “person” in the 1907 medical advertising statute includes corporations unless a specific statutory context, such as hospitals authorized under other laws, indicates otherwise.