State ex rel. Clapp v. Fidelity & Casualty Insurance

This is a proceeding upon information in the nature of quo warranto, to try the right of the above-named respondent, a corporation of the state of New York, to carry on within this state the business of insurance against these three classes of risks, viz., injury or death of persons caused by accident, breach of trust by persons holding places of public or private trust, and the breakage of plate-glass. The case is presented for decision upon the relator’s demurrer to the answer of the respondent.

It is contended on the part of the respondent that this is not an appropriate method of…