Moses v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Moses v. State, 65 Miss. 56 (Miss. 1887)
Campbell
Moses v. State
Opinion of the Court
delivered the opinion of the court.
The manifest purpose of sections 1085 et seq. was to preclude the performance of any act in this State pertaining to the business of insurance by any foreign insurance company which has not complied with the laws of the State.
As the State may prohibit a foreign insurance company from doing business within its limits as held in Paul v. Virginia, 8 Wall. 169, it must have the right to make its prohibition effective by penal enactments as contained in the sections mentioned.'
Affirmed.
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- 1. Constitutional Law. Agent of foreign insurance company, when guilty of misdemeanor. $ $ 1085 and 1086, code of 1880, considered. A statute which makes it a misdemeanor for an agent of a foreign insurance company, which has not complied with the laws of this State, to come into the State and adjust a loss for such company is valid and not in conflict with either the State or federal constitution. 2. Same. Insurance out of Slate for non-resident. Adjuster fined. Case in judgment. A citizen of Georgia entered into a contract of insurance in Louisiana, on property in this State, with an insurance corporation resident in Louisiana. The company had not complied with the laws of this State so as to be entitled to do business here. The property was destroyed by fire, and an agent of the company came into this State to examine into the loss and determine the amount thereof. He was indicted, tried and convicted under statutes, sections 1086 and 1085, Code of 1880, which make it a misdemeanor for an agent of an insurance company, not authorized to do business here, to examine into or adjust a loss for such company. Held, that the conviction was proper; that the statutes are applicable to the .above stated case, and that they are valid and constitutional.