ALLGEYER v. LOUISIANA

No. 446.

165 U.S. 578 (1897)

ALLGEYER v. LOUISIANA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 1, 1897.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Branch K. Miller for plaintiffs in error.

Mr. M.J. Cunningham, Attorney General of the State of Louisiana, and Mr. E. Howard McCaleb, for defendant in error.


MR. JUSTICE PECKHAM, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.

There is no doubt of the power of the State to prohibit foreign insurance companies from doing business within its limits. The State can impose such conditions as it pleases upon the doing of any business by those companies within its borders, and unless the conditions be complied with the prohibition may be absolute. The cases upon this subject are cited in the opinion of the court in...

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