Home Ins. Co. v. Morse
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the Supreme Court of Wisconsin; the ease being thus: A statute of Wisconsin, passed in 1870,* enacts as follows: “It shall not be lawful for any fire insurance company, association, or partnership, incorporated by or organized under the laws of any other State of the United States, or any foreign government, for any of the purposes-specified in this act, dir rectly or indirectly-to take risks or transact any business of in; surance in this State, unless possessed of…
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Error to the Supreme Court of Wisconsin; the ease being thus: A statute of Wisconsin, passed in 1870,* enacts as follows: “It shall not be lawful for any fire insurance company, association, or partnership, incorporated by or organized under the laws of any other State of the United States, or any foreign government, for any of the purposes-specified in this act, dir rectly or indirectly-to take risks or transact any business of in; surance in this State, unless possessed of the amount of actual capital required of similar companies formed under the provisions of this act; and any such…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hunt
The refusal of-the State corn! of Wisconsin to allow the removal of the case into the United States Circuit Court of Wisconsin, and its justification under the agreement of the company and the statute of Wisconsin form the subject of consideration in the present suit.
The State courts of Wisconsin held that this sfatute and their agreement under it justified a denial of the petition to remove the case into the United States court. The insurance company deny this proposition, and this is the point presented for consideration.
Is the agreement thus made by the insurance company one that, without…
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