National Mutual Casualty Co. v. Hobbs

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dawson, C. J.:

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Shawnee county district court in which mandamus was invoked to compel the commissioner of insurance to renew plaintiff’s certificate of authority to do business in this state as a foreign mutual insurance corporation.

The action was begun on April 26, 1938. The renewal certificate plaintiff sought was to cover the year beginning May 1, 1938, and ending April 30, 1939. An alternative writ was issued, directed to the commissioner of insurance. The state corporation commission was impleaded and…