State ex rel. Inter-Insurance Auxiliary v. Revelle
Supreme Court of Missouri
Mandamus. (1) The Act of 1911 (Laws 1911, p. 301), entitled, “An Act defining certain classes of indemnity contracts, prescribing regulations therefor, and fixing a .license fee,” is not unconstitutional and void. It does not violate section 28 of article 4 of the Constitution of Missouri. The title clearly expresses the general contents of said act. Said act does not contain more than one subject..
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Mandamus. (1) The Act of 1911 (Laws 1911, p. 301), entitled, “An Act defining certain classes of indemnity contracts, prescribing regulations therefor, and fixing a .license fee,” is not unconstitutional and void. It does not violate section 28 of article 4 of the Constitution of Missouri. The title clearly expresses the general contents of said act. Said act does not contain more than one subject.. (2) The act is not so vague, indefinite and uncertain in its contents as to make , the same void. Said act does define what are contracts for inter-indemnity or inter-insurance; it does say what…
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION.
BOND, J.
indemnity insurance’, (After stating the facts-as above). — I. The pivotal point on this appeal is whether the act of the Legislature, supra, relied on by the relator as the authority for the conduct of the business in -which its principal seeks to engage without being amenable to the insurance laws of this State regulating that business, is a constitutional enactment? We think it is not. The power of the Legislature to regulate insurance contracts, whether entered into by individuals, associations or corporations is not an open question either *535on precedent or principle. [R.…
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