Ducat v. Chicago
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the Supreme Court of the State of Illinois; the case being thus: Statutes passed by the legislature of Illinois in 1853 and 1857, “ to regulate the agencies of insurance companies not incorporated by the State of Illinois,” required the agents of all such insurance companies, desirous to transact business in the State, to take out a license from the auditor of the State'; and, before obtaining it, to furnish him with a statement, under the oath of the president or…
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Error to the Supreme Court of the State of Illinois; the case being thus: Statutes passed by the legislature of Illinois in 1853 and 1857, “ to regulate the agencies of insurance companies not incorporated by the State of Illinois,” required the agents of all such insurance companies, desirous to transact business in the State, to take out a license from the auditor of the State'; and, before obtaining it, to furnish him with a statement, under the oath of the president or secretary of the company, showing its name and locality, the amount of its capital stock, the portion paid in, the assets…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Nelson
delivered the. opinion of the court.
This case was pending here when that of Paul v. Virginia was argued and decided; the decision in which, as is admitted by the learned counsel for the plaintiff in error, has already disposed of all the principal questions involved.
Paul, the agent of the insurance companies' in that case, refused to comply with some of the conditions annexed by the law of Virginia to the granting of the license, on the ground: 1, that the corporations he represented were entitled to all the privileges and immunities of citizens of the several States, and that the law…
2Cited by1 opinion
- Ducat v. ChicagoSupreme Court of the United States · 1871