Hartford Fire Ins. v. State
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Shawnee District Court. The Hartford Fire Ins. Co.' applied to the auditor of state in 1867 for authority to transact the business of fire insurance in Kansas under the laws of this state. Such authority was issued, and an annual renewal certificate was issued for the years 1868, 1869, and 1870, respectively.
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Error from Shawnee District Court. The Hartford Fire Ins. Co.' applied to the auditor of state in 1867 for authority to transact the business of fire insurance in Kansas under the laws of this state. Such authority was issued, and an annual renewal certificate was issued for the years 1868, 1869, and 1870, respectively. Such certificate for 1870 expired on the last day of February 1871. Ch. 23 of the General Statutes relates to private corporations, and art. 11 of said act, (§§ 103 to 113 inclusive,) relates especially to “insurance corporations not created under the laws of this state.” Sec.…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Kingman, C. J.:
An action was instituted against the plaintiff in error, a foreign corporation, engaged in the business of fire insurance in this state, without having obtained from the superintendent of insurance of the state a certificate of authority to transact such business of insurance in this state, and without having any legal right, warrant, or authority to transact the business of fire insurance in the state of Kansas. The answer was a general denial, and a special defense, setting up a license or certificate of authority issued to the…
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