State ex rel. Commissioner of Insurance v. North Carolina Automobile Rate Administrative Office

BRANCH, Justice.

The first question presented by this appeal is whether the order of the Commissioner was in excess of his statutory authority.

The provisions of Chapter 58 of the North Carolina General Statutes have recently been fully reviewed in Comr. of Insurance v. Automobile Rate Office, 287 N.C. 192, 214 S.E. 2d 98 and in In re Filing by Automobile Rate Office, 278 N.C. 302, 180 S.E. 2d 155. Nevertheless, we find it necessary to review certain portions of the statute contained in that chapter.

The North Carolina Automobile Rate Administrative Office was created as a branch of the…