Prewitt v. Security Life Ins.
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 41 — Action by the Security Mutual Life Ins. Co. and by the Travelers Ins. Co. Against Henry R. Prewitt, Insurance Commissioner, for an Injunction Compelling Him to Revoke an Order Suspending Their License to Transact Business in This State. APPEAL FROM JEFFERSON CIRCUIT COURT, COMMON PLEAS DIVISION NO. 2 — THOS. R. GORDON, judge. Judgment for Plaintiff in First Suit. Defendant Appeals. Judgment for Dependant in Second Suit. Plaintiff Appeals.
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Case 41 — Action by the Security Mutual Life Ins. Co. and by the Travelers Ins. Co. Against Henry R. Prewitt, Insurance Commissioner, for an Injunction Compelling Him to Revoke an Order Suspending Their License to Transact Business in This State. APPEAL FROM JEFFERSON CIRCUIT COURT, COMMON PLEAS DIVISION NO. 2 — THOS. R. GORDON, judge. Judgment for Plaintiff in First Suit. Defendant Appeals. Judgment for Dependant in Second Suit. Plaintiff Appeals. POINTS AND AUTHORITIES. 1. An injunction against a State officer threatening action under an unconstitutional statute is maintainable where…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion op tiib court by
JUDGE HOBSON.
In the first of tbe above cases the Security Mutual Life Insurance Company filed its petition in equity, alleging- that in the year 1900 it began business in Kentucky, having complied with the requirements of the statutes of the State applicable to foreign insurance companies, the plaintiff being a corporation organized under the laws of the State of New York; that the commissioner then granted it permission to transact the business of life insurance in this State, and it employed a large number of agents, established a large number of agencies throughout…
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