HARTFORD INDEMNITY CO. v. ILLINOIS EX REL. McLAUGHLIN

No. 692.

298 U.S. 155 (1936)

HARTFORD ACCIDENT & INDEMNITY CO. v. ILLINOIS EX REL. McLAUGHLIN, DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 27, 1936.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. J.F. Dammann, with whom Mr. Arthur L. Israel was on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. Otto Kerner, Attorney General of Illinois, and Mr. Louis Salinger, Assistant Attorney General, were on the brief for appellee.


MR. JUSTICE ROBERTS delivered the opinion of the Court.

An Illinois statute1 forbids persons, associations, and corporations to receive, sell, offer, or solicit consignments of farm produce for sale, on commission, within Illinois, unless licensed; requires an applicant for a license to make a showing as to character, responsibility, and good faith in the conduct of the proposed business; and directs that a license must be procured for...

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