State Ex Rel. Sathre v. Hopton

This is an action instituted in the district court of Burleigh county by the state of North Dakota on the relation of the attorney general to enjoin the commission of insurance, the state auditor and the state treasurer from performing certain acts required to be performed by them under the provisions of chapter 155, Laws 1935, on the alleged ground that the statute contravenes §§ 175 and 177 of, and article 24 of the Amendments to, the Constitution of North Dakota.

The defendants demurred to the complaint on the ground that it did not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action…