Legal Opinion
American Automobile Insurance v. Commissioner of Insurance
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided March 20, 1913No. Calendar No. 25449PublishedCited by 1 opinion
Mandamus by the American Automobile Insurance Company, of St. Louis, Missouri, against C. A. Palmer, insurance commissioner of the State of Michigan, to compel respondent to rescind an official ruling that relator should suspend personal liability insurance on automobiles.
1Opinion of the CourtMoore, J.
The questions involved cannot, perhaps, be better understood than by quoting from the briefs of counsel. The following is from relator’s brief:
“ Relator is incorporated under the laws of the State of Missouri, where, by its charter and certificate of authority, it is authorized to write ‘ all kinds of insurance on automobiles, to wit, fire, theft, collision, property damage and liability.’ Through application properly made in different States, it is doing an automobile insurance business in approximately 30 States of the Union. On the 5th of March, 1913, after complying with the Michigan…
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