McCarter v. Firemen's Insurance
Supreme Court of New Jersey
On appeal from a decree advised by Vice-Chancellor Stevens,, whose opinion is reported in 70 N. J. Eq. (4 Robb.) 291. The decree of the court of chancery dismissed an information filed by the attorney-general against eight domestic fire insurance companies and one hundred and thirteen foreign fire insurance companies praying for a decree adjudging a certain agreement in writing entered into by the defendants to be void as an ultra vires act injurious to the public, and that…
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On appeal from a decree advised by Vice-Chancellor Stevens,, whose opinion is reported in 70 N. J. Eq. (4 Robb.) 291. The decree of the court of chancery dismissed an information filed by the attorney-general against eight domestic fire insurance companies and one hundred and thirteen foreign fire insurance companies praying for a decree adjudging a certain agreement in writing entered into by the defendants to be void as an ultra vires act injurious to the public, and that the said companies be enjoined from continuing to act under such agreement.. The contract in question which was annexed…
1Opinion of the Court
*375The opinion of the court was delivered by
Garrison, J.
The learned vice-chancellor, who advised'that the information filed by the attorney-general be dismissed on the ground that the court of chancery could not give relief in such a suit, said at the conclusion of his opinion : “If those corporations were public or gtiosi-public bodies, and if the attorney-general were here asking to enjoin them from doing ultra vires acts to the public injury as in Attorney-General v. Central Railroad Co., 50 N. J. Eq. (5 Dick.) 52, the case would be different.”
We agree with the learned vice-chancellor as to…
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