Commonwealth v. Gregory
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 32. — SUIT BY THE COMMONWEALTH AGAINST R. EGRBGORY TO RECOVER A PENALTY POR DOING BUSINESS AS AGENT FOR AN INSURANCE COMPANY WITHOUT A LICENSE. Appeal from Franklin Circuit Court. R. L. Stout, Circuit Judge. Judgment for defendant. Plaintiff appeals. DISCRIMINATION. Ky. Stats., secs. 635 and 697, provide that all insurance companies are made subject to all the penalties and are entitled to all the benefits of this law the same as if organized thereunder.
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Case 32. — SUIT BY THE COMMONWEALTH AGAINST R. EGRBGORY TO RECOVER A PENALTY POR DOING BUSINESS AS AGENT FOR AN INSURANCE COMPANY WITHOUT A LICENSE. Appeal from Franklin Circuit Court. R. L. Stout, Circuit Judge. Judgment for defendant. Plaintiff appeals. DISCRIMINATION. Ky. Stats., secs. 635 and 697, provide that all insurance companies are made subject to all the penalties and are entitled to all the benefits of this law the same as if organized thereunder. Hence we say that, notwithstanding the State may prohibit any company which it 'desires so to -do- from entering thel State, yet after…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Judge Nunn
Affirming.
This suit was brought in the form of a penal action by the Commonwealth of Kentucky against R. E. Gregory, who was an agent of the Citizens Life Insurance Co. of Kentucky, a domestic corporation, in which the prayer of the petition is for a judgment for a penalty of $75 against the appellee for doing business as the agent of the Citizens’ Life Insurance Co. without having first procured a license as such agent. The purpose of the suit was to determine whether or not a domestic insurance company— that is, an insurance company created under the laws of Kentucky —…
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