Compton

This is an appeal from an order of the superior court of the city and county of San Francisco granting an injunction in favor of the plaintiff the Berkeley Chiropractic College, and against the defendants as the acting state board of chiropractic examiners. The appellants contend that the state board of chiropractic examiners, under and by virtue of a statute of this state creating the board and declaring its powers and duties, has a right of its own motion to conduct an investigation into the qualifications and status of a chiropractic school or college holding itself out to be one organized for the purpose of qualifying applicants for chiropractic licensure. Also to summon witnesses, demand the production of records, examine into the qualifications of teachers of said institution and to pass upon the reputability of such school or college. The injunction granted by the court reads as follows:

The act regulating the practice of chiropractic in this state is found in the Statutes of 1923, page lxxxix, authorizing the creation of a chiropractic board of examiners and defining their powers and duties. It contains, among other provisions, the following:

The act further…