GREAT CENTRAL INS. CO. v. BIRDWELL

Nos. 36462-36465.

273 P.2d 764 (1954)

GREAT CENTRAL INS. CO. v. BIRDWELL et al. STATE FARM MUT. AUTO. INS. CO. v. BIRDWELL et al. FARMERS INS. EXCHANGE by and through FARMERS UNDERWRITERS ASS'N et al. v. BIRDWELL et al. OKLAHOMA FARM BUREAU MUT. INS. CO. v. STATE INS. BOARD.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

June 29, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Russell H. Matthias, Gen. Counsel, Chicago, Ill., J.I. Gibson of Savage, Gibson, Benefield & Shelton, Oklahoma City, of counsel, Robert E. Early, Gen. Counsel, Los Angeles, Cal., Jas. D. Foliart & Jake Hunt, Oklahoma City, of counsel, Frank Carter, Gen. Counsel, Enid, Clayton Pierce, of Pierce, Mock & Duncan, Oklahoma City, Sp. Counsel, for petitioners.

Mac Q. Williamson, Atty. Gen., Fred Hansen, First Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondents.


WELCH, Justice.

In each of these four cases the petitioner seeks to prohibit the State Insurance Board from enforcing certain orders.

By reason of the nature of these actions the sole question is whether the Board is acting without jurisdiction, or is acting beyond its jurisdiction in making the orders in question.

Essential facts are that the petitioners are insurance companies doing business in Oklahoma of such nature as to be affected by the purported...

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