State ex rel. Cornell v. Poynter
Nebraska Supreme Court
Original action in the nature of quo warranto to test the validity of chapter 47,'Session Laws of 1899, creating an insurance bureau with the governor as commissioner. Section 1, article 9, of the constitution of Nebraska contains this requirement: “The legislature shall provide such revenues as shall be needful, by levying a tax by valuation, so that every person and corporation shall pay a tax in proportion to the value of his, her or its property.”
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Original action in the nature of quo warranto to test the validity of chapter 47,'Session Laws of 1899, creating an insurance bureau with the governor as commissioner. Section 1, article 9, of the constitution of Nebraska contains this requirement: “The legislature shall provide such revenues as shall be needful, by levying a tax by valuation, so that every person and corporation shall pay a tax in proportion to the value of his, her or its property.” By section 4 of the same article it is provided as follows: “The legislature shall have no power to release or discharge any county, city,…
1Opinion of the CourtNorval, J.
The legislature of 1899 passed an act, which received executive approval, by its terms, inter alia, creating a state insurance bureau, naming the governor as commissioner in charge of such bureau, charging him with the duty of enforcing the laws relative to insurance and the supervision of insurance companies, and providing for the organization and incorporation of insurance companies, for their admission from other states and counties, and to regulate their conduct. See Session Laws, 1899, p. 207, ch. 47. Prior to said act, for more than a quarter of a century, the state insurance department…
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