Hartford Fire Insurance v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Pulaski Circuit Court, Second Division. Edward W. WinFieed, Judge. The State brought this action against the Hartford Fire Insurance Company, and alleged that defendant was an insurance corporation organized under the laws of Connecticut, and on January 23, 1905, and on March 25, 1905, transacting and conducting the business of insuring property in this State, and was a member of and party to a pool, trust, agreement, combination, confederation and understanding…
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Appeal from Pulaski Circuit Court, Second Division. Edward W. WinFieed, Judge. The State brought this action against the Hartford Fire Insurance Company, and alleged that defendant was an insurance corporation organized under the laws of Connecticut, and on January 23, 1905, and on March 25, 1905, transacting and conducting the business of insuring property in this State, and was a member of and party to a pool, trust, agreement, combination, confederation and understanding with other insurance corporations to regulate and fix the price and premium to be paid for insuring property against…
1Opinion of the CourtHire, C. J.
On the 6th of March, 1899, the General Assembly passed an act, commonly called the “Rector Anti-Trust Act.” It was construed by this court in Lancashire Insurance Company v. State, 66 Ark. 466, and is found in sections 1976-1982, Kirby’s Digest.
On the 23d of January, 1905, an act repealing this act and “providing for the punishment of pools, trusts and conspiracies to control prices, and as evidence and prosecution in such cases,” was approved. This is a prosecution instituted by the State under the latter act against the appellant, which is a foreign insurance corporation, for doing an…
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- United States v. Trans-Missouri Freight Assn.Supreme Court of the United States · 1897
- United States v. Union Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1875
- Redell v. MooresNebraska Supreme Court · 1901
- State v. Lancashire Fire InsuranceSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1899
- Prince v. SkillinSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1880
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