STATE EX REL. LANIER v. VINES

No. 521.

164 S.E.2d 161 (1968)

274 N.C. 486

STATE of North Carolina ex rel. Edwin S. LANIER, Commissioner of Insurance v. James Abner VINES.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

November 27, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. T. W. Bruton and Asst. Atty. Gen. Bernard A. Harrell for the State.

Nance, Collier, Singleton, Kirkman & Herndon, Fayetteville, for defendant.


LAKE, Justice.

The questions before us are:

(1) Assuming the penalty to have been lawfully imposed, may an action to collect it be brought in the name of the State on the relation of the Commissioner of Insurance?

(2) Did the Commissioner of Insurance have authority to impose a civil penalty of $3,000 upon the defendant?

After revoking permanently the licenses which had been issued to the defendant, the order of the Commissioner of Insurance...

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