National Protective Legion v. O'Brien
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Ramsey county to restrain defendant from revoking or cancelling the license issued by him as insurance commissioner of the state of Minnesota to plaintiff to transact business in the state as a fraternal beneficiary association. Defendant demurred to the complaint. From an order, Bunn, J., sustaining the demurrer, plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtJaggard, J.
This appeal, in a test case, is from an order sustaining a demurrer to the complaint. Plaintiff and appellant is a corporation organized under the laws of New York as a fraternal beneficiary association. For six years it had been annually licensed to transact business in Minnesota, and had been engaged in issuing the particular form of contract here in issue. ' The defendant and respondent, the insurance commissioner of the state of Minnesota, threatened to revoke the license because of the alleged illegality of that contract. No question of the financial condition of the company was…
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