Cooper Co. v. State

Jenkins, Justice.

1. “It is well settled by its decisions that this court will not declare an act of the legislature unconstitutional and void unless the repugnancy between the act and the constitution is clear and palpable.” Wright v. Fulton County, 169 Ga. 354 (150 S. E. 262); Wright v. Hirsch, 155 Ga. 229 (116 S. E. 795). 2. The business of insurance is one so clothed with a public interest, affecting the community at large, as to render it peculiarly subject to proper governmental regulation. German Alliance Insurance Co. v. Lewis, 233 U. S. 389 (34 Sup. Ct. 612, 58 L. ed. 1011, L. R. A.…