Miller Insurance Agency v. Porter

The plaintiff, a Montana corporation and taxpayer, brought this action to enjoin the issuance and payment of warrants for fire insurance on the state capítol building, the buildings at the various educational and other state institutions. The plaintiff is engaged in the sale of fire insurance policies, and is the agent for a number of “non-board” fire insurance companies.

The various policies for fire insurance on all of the buildings, the property of the state, were about to expire on September 1, 1932. A meeting was held by the state board of examiners to consider the securing of policies of…