State Ex Rel. Allstate Insurance v. Bowen

These cases resolve themselves into two propositions of law: First, do Sections 644 and 5438, General Code, or either of them, contravene the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States? Second, if these sections of the Code are constitutional, did the Superintendent of Insurance in refusing to renew relators’ licenses transcend the authority conferred upon him by such section of the Code?

The first section of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Federal Constitution reads as follows:

“All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof,…