Kansas Home Insurance v. Wilder
Supreme Court of Kansas
M'ror from Shawnee District Court. Two cases were brought in the district court of Shawnee county by The Kansas Home Insurance Company against D. W. Wilder, as superintendent of insurance of the state of Kansas — one to enjoin the superintendent from revoking a certificate which had been issued by him to the company, authorizing it to do business as an insurance company in the state of Kansas; and the other was an application for a writ of mandamus to compel the…
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M'ror from Shawnee District Court. Two cases were brought in the district court of Shawnee county by The Kansas Home Insurance Company against D. W. Wilder, as superintendent of insurance of the state of Kansas — one to enjoin the superintendent from revoking a certificate which had been issued by him to the company, authorizing it to do business as an insurance company in the state of Kansas; and the other was an application for a writ of mandamus to compel the superintendent to issue to the agents of the company throughout the state the licenses contemplated by the statutes, authorizing it…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Johnston, J.:
Two cases between the same parties are submitted together upon a single statement of facts; and according to the stipulation of the parties, only two legal propositions are presented for decision. The first one of these is whether the courts can inquire into and control the superintendent of insurance in the exercise of his official duties in granting, refusing or revoking a certificate of authority to a mutual fire insurance company organized under chapter 132 of the Laws of 1885. Prior to the legislative session of 1889, the finding and…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- City of Emporia v. NortonSupreme Court of Kansas · 1876
- Dwelling-House Insurance v. WilderSupreme Court of Kansas · 1889
3Cited by2 opinions
- Mutual Life Ins. v. Prewitt, Ins. Com.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1907
- Bankers Deposit Guaranty & Surety Co. v. BarnesSupreme Court of Kansas · 1909