Northwestern National Insurance v. Fishback

Citations

• 130 Wash. 490
• 228 P. 516
• 36 A.L.R. 1507
• 1924 Wash. LEXIS 682

Syllabus

<p>Constitutional Law (113) — Insurance (9) — Equal Protection oí' the Laws — Class Legislation — Regulation of Business — Limitation on Number of Insurance Agents — License. Laws 1923, p. 57, §2 [Rem. 1923 Sup., § 7088], providing that fire insurance companies shall have no more than one agent in cities of less than 50,000 inhabitants, and no more than two agents in larger cities, denies the equal protection of the laws and takes property without due process of law, in violation of Const., Art. 12, § 5, and the 5th and 14th amendments to the Federal constitution; since it deprives citizens of the right to engage in a lawful calling, without any reason or any reference to the public morals, health, safety or welfare (Parker, Fullerton, and Mitchell, JJ., dissenting).</p>