COSMOPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE CO. v. NORTHINGTON


300 S.W.2d 911 (1957)

COSMOPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY v. Arch E. NORTHINGTON, Commissioner of Insurance and Banking of the State of Tennessee and George F. McCanless, Attorney General of the State of Tennessee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

Rehearing Denied April 1, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Taylor, Costen & Taylor, Memphis, Denny & Leftwich, Nashville, for appellant.

Jack Wilson, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellees.


BURNETT, Justice.

This suit was brought by the Insurance Company under the Declaratory Judgments Act statutes, Sec. 23-1101 et seq., T.C.A., for the purpose of declaring Chapter 195 of the Public Acts of 1955 unconstitutional.

The Chancellor, after the original bill had been amended and supplemented, sustained demurrers and held that the Act was constitutional. This appeal resulted. We have heard argument, had briefs filed, read the authorities and given considerable...

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