Aetna Insurance v. Hyde

The defendant, Superintendent of the Insurance Department of the State of Missouri, on October 9, 1922, promulgated under Section 6283, Revised Statutes 1919, an order reducing' certain insurance rates in the State ten per cent. One hundred and sixty stock fire insurance companies doing business in the State filed their petition in this case November 10, 1922, in the Circuit Court of Cole County, praying the court to review the findings and order of the commissioner and set it aside.

The order made by the Superintendent recites that a similar reduction order was made in January, 1922. It was…