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…
1Dissent
Wood, J.,
(dissenting.) Nowhere in this act has the Legislature made the mere innocent act of doing business in this State, without reference to prices fixed by a trust, a crime. They have not made it unlawful for foreign corporations, who are in a trust here or elsewhere, to do business in this State, provided such business has no connection with a trust or trust prices. They have nowhere prohibited such innocent acts of doing business. Until this is done, it is palpably wrong for the court to invoke the aid of the “history of the times” or the mandates of political platforms or executive…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- United States v. Trans-Missouri Freight Assn.Supreme Court of the United States · 1897
- Grenada County Supervisors v. BrogdenSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
- State v. Lancashire Fire InsuranceSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1899
- Watkins v. GriffithSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1894
- Little Rock, Hot Springs & Texas Railway Co. v. SpencerSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1898
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