Legal Opinion

Watertown Fire Insurance v. Bust

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided March 26, 1892PublishedCited by 15 opinions

Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Third District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Macon county; the Hon. Edward P. Vail, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scholfield

f The statute in relation to insurance provides, among other things, that “it shall not he lawful for any insurance company organized under the laws of any other State, * * * directly or indirectly to take risks or transact any business of insurance in this State,” except upon complying with conditions therein prescribed. (Rev. Stat. 1887, chap. 73, secs. 22, 112-116, 124.) Appellant was incorporated under the law of Dakota, and having complied with the requirements of the statute supra, in May, 1887, it was duly licensed to do business in this State. In the following July it appointed an…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Clay Fire & Marine Insurance v. Huron Salt & Lumber Manufacturing Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1875
  2. Rockford Insurance v. NelsonIllinois Supreme Court · 1872
  3. Watertown Fire Insurance v. RustAppellate Court of Illinois · 1891

3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Hartford Fire Ins. Co. v. Galveston, H. & S. A. Ry. Co.Texas Commission of Appeals · 1922
  2. Laun v. Pacific Mutual Life InsuranceWisconsin Supreme Court · 1907
  3. Corbett v. Devon BankAppellate Court of Illinois · 1973
  4. Corbett v. Physicians' Casualty Ass'n of AmericaWisconsin Supreme Court · 1908
  5. Evan L. Reed Manufacturing Co. v. WurtsAppellate Court of Illinois · 1914

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