Fort v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Accusation of misdemeanor. -Before Judge Westmoreland. Criminal court- of Atlanta. May term, 1893. The facts were agreed on and submitted to the judge. He held the defendant guilty, and exception was taken to the refusal of a new trial.
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Accusation of misdemeanor. -Before Judge Westmoreland. Criminal court- of Atlanta. May term, 1893. The facts were agreed on and submitted to the judge. He held the defendant guilty, and exception was taken to the refusal of a new trial. On April 13, 1893, as agent for the Guarantee and Accident Lloyds, in Fulton county, defendant issued a policy of accident insurance, without the Guarantee and Accident Lloyds having received from the insurance commissioner of this State a certificate of authority or license for itself or its agents to transact business in Georgia. The business of accident…
1Opinion of the Court
Lumpkin, Justice.
A careful reading of the act of October 24th, 1887, “to regulate the business of insurance in this State, and for other purposes” (Acts of 1886-7, p. 113), will satisfy the reader that the General Assembly intended therein to deal only with insurance companies chartered by this State, or other States, or by a foreign government. The second section of the act requires incorporated insurance companies to procure licenses from the insurance commissioner as a necessary prerequisite to the transaction of the business of insurance in this State; *10but neither in this section, nor in…
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