State ex rel. Bradford v. National Ass'n of the Farmers' & Mechanics' Mutual Aid Ass'n
Supreme Court of Kansas
Original Proceedings in Quo Warranto. Action brought in this court, August 21, 1885, by the attorney general in the name of The State, against The Association above named, to test the right of the defendant corporation to do business in this state without first complying with the insurance laws thereof regulating mutual life insurance companies on the assessment plan, and to oust the defendant from such privilege, if the issue be found in favor of The State.
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Original Proceedings in Quo Warranto. Action brought in this court, August 21, 1885, by the attorney general in the name of The State, against The Association above named, to test the right of the defendant corporation to do business in this state without first complying with the insurance laws thereof regulating mutual life insurance companies on the assessment plan, and to oust the defendant from such privilege, if the issue be found in favor of The State. The opinion, filed March 5, 1886, sufficiently states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Johnston, J.:
The state, on the relation of the attorney general, brings this action against “The National Association of Farmers' and Mechanics' Mutual Aid Association," charging that it is engaged in transacting a life-insurance business upon the assessment plan within this state, without having-authority or without having complied with the laws of the state respecting the business of life insurance, and praying that the defendant be ousted from the exercise of the franchise of transacting a mutual life insurance on the assessment plan in the state of…
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