People ex rel. Wegner v. Hartford Life Insurance

Mr. Presiding Justice Baker

delivered the opinion of the court.

Plaintiff in error brought eight actions in the Municipal Court in the name of the People for his use on his relation as an informer, each against one of the defendants in error. The actions were brought under the statute relating to the granting of rebates by insurance companies, which provides that:

“No life insurance company * * * shall make or permit any distinction or discrimination between insurants of the same class and equal expectation of life, in its established rates * * * or promise the same to any person as an…