Hooper v. California
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO, STATE OF CALIFORNIA. Section 623 of the Political Code of the State of California provides as follows: “The [insurance] commissioner must require every company, association, or individual not incorporated under the laws of this State and proposing to transact insurance business by agent or agents ..in this State, before commencing such business to file in his office a bond to be signed' by the person or…
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ERROR TO THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO, STATE OF CALIFORNIA. Section 623 of the Political Code of the State of California provides as follows: “The [insurance] commissioner must require every company, association, or individual not incorporated under the laws of this State and proposing to transact insurance business by agent or agents ..in this State, before commencing such business to file in his office a bond to be signed' by the person or firm, officer or agent, as principal, with two sureties to be approved by the commissioner, in the penal sum of two…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice White
The principle that the right of a foreign corporation to engage in business within a State other than that of its creation, depends solely upon the will- of such other State, has been long settled, and many phases of its application have been illustrated by the decisions of this court. Bank of Augusta v. Earle, 13 Pet. 519; Lafayette Ins. Co. v. French, 18 How. 404; Society for Savings v. Coite, 6 Wall. 594; Provident Institution v. Massachusetts, 6 Wall. 611; Hamilton Co. v. Massachusetts, 6 Wall. 632; Paul v. Virginia, 8 Wall. 168; Ducat v. Chicago, 10 Wall. 410; State Tax on Railway Gross…
2Cases cited38 opinions
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- Bank of Augusta v. EarleSupreme Court of the United States · 1839
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