Legal Opinion
Knott v. State Ex Rel. Hanks
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided November 21, 1939PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Thomas, J. —
Section 5 of Chapter 14741, Laws of Florida, Acts of 1931, provides that the State Treasurer may, or must when complaint is filed with him, investigate “illegal or improper conduct” of an insurance agent and shall revoke the license “upon satisfactory proof that the agent * * * has been guilty of such improper or illegal conduct or practices as to render him unfit to carry on the business or to make his continuance therein detrimental to the public interest, * *
After a hearing in accordance with this statute, the State Treasurer as Insurance Commissioner found Paul B. Hanks guilty…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Basnet v. City of JacksonvilleSupreme Court of Florida · 1882
- Degge v. HitchcockSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
- Brinson v. TharinSupreme Court of Florida · 1930
- Citizens Nat. Bank of Roswell v. DavissonSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
- West Flagler Amusement Co. v. State Racing CommissionSupreme Court of Florida · 1935
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Illinois Grain Corp. v. SchlemanDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1962
- Deluty v. Commissioner of InsuranceMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1979
- Mayo v. Winter Haven Packing Co.Supreme Court of Florida · 1941