State ex rel. Covenant Mutual Benefit Ass'n v. Root
Wisconsin Supreme Court
PetitxoN for a writ of mandamus to compel the commissioner of insurance to issue to the relator a license authorizing it to do business in this state, pursuant to ch. 418, Laws of 1891. The petition was filed May 18, 1892, upon leave granted, and an alternative writ was issued.
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PetitxoN for a writ of mandamus to compel the commissioner of insurance to issue to the relator a license authorizing it to do business in this state, pursuant to ch. 418, Laws of 1891. The petition was filed May 18, 1892, upon leave granted, and an alternative writ was issued. The defendant made return to the alternative writ, and the relator replied to such return; and thereupon the cause was sent to the circuit court for Dane county for the trial and determination of the issues of fact by said court without a jury. The findings of the circuit court, duly made and returned to this court,…
1Opinion of the CourtCassoday, J.
The relator claims to be a beneficiary association furnishing life insurance upon the assessment plan, organized under the laws of another state, within the meaning of ch. 418, Laws of 1891, and that as such it is entitled to a license to do business within this state, upon complying' with the conditions of that chapter. The defendant, as commissioner of insurance, being in doubt as to the true construction of the chapter, at first hesitated as to -whether such license should be issued, and finally, after considering the matter for some time, and on June 26, 1891, he gave or assumed to give…
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