Jerome v. Bigelow
Citations
- 66 Ill. 452
Syllabus
<p>1. Contract&emdash;void as against public policy. Ho man has the right to sell his reputation or skill in any profession, whatever it may be, and thus enable an unknown parly to perpetrate a fraud upon the public in his' name.</p> <p>2. A contract by one physician with another, whereby the latter takes the office of the former for a given term, and is licensed to practice medicine in the name,of the -former, to personate him when applied to by patients requiring medical treatment, and to prescribe for them in his name, is contrary to public policy and will not be enforced,</p>
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