Dwelling-House Insurance v. Wilder
Supreme Court of Kansas
Original Proceedings in Mandamus. On April 6, 1888, two actions were commenced in this court against the superintendent of insurance, one by The Dxoeding-House Insurance Company, and the other by The Western Home Insurance Company, to compel the superintendent to issue certificates of authority to the companies ^to do a general insurance business in the state of Kansas for the year commencing March 1, 1888. Alternative writs oí mandamus were allowed and issued in each of the…
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Original Proceedings in Mandamus. On April 6, 1888, two actions were commenced in this court against the superintendent of insurance, one by The Dxoeding-House Insurance Company, and the other by The Western Home Insurance Company, to compel the superintendent to issue certificates of authority to the companies ^to do a general insurance business in the state of Kansas for the year commencing March 1, 1888. Alternative writs oí mandamus were allowed and issued in each of the cases. In the case of the Dwelling-House Insurance Company, the alternative writ alleges, in substance, as follows:…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
JOHNSTON, J.:
The Dwelling-House Insurance Company, of Massachusetts, and the Western Home Insurance Company, of Iowa, are engaged in the transaction of insurance business, and for some time prior to March 1, 1888, had been authorized to do and were doing business in the state of Kansas. At that time the companies applied to the superintendent of insurance for a renewal of authority and license to continue *566business within the state, but the application was refused. These proceedings were then instituted, in which each insurance company seeks to compel…
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