THE INSURANCE LAW JOURNAL. VOLUME XLIII. 1914. [NEW SERIES, Volume 23] REPORTS OF ALL DECISIONS RENDERED IN INSURANCE CASES IN THE FEDERAL COURTS, AND IN THE STATE SUPREME COURTS. LIFE. From certified transcripts in our possession. UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT. No. 56.-OCTOBER TERM, 1913. NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff in Error, VS. DEER LODGE COUNTY.* INSURANCE-INSURANCE AND COMMERCE. Issuing a policy of insurance is not a transaction of commerce. INSURANCE-CORPORATIONS - RIGHT TO TRANSACT BUSI NESS. The right of a foreign corporation to do business in a state other than that of its creation depends wholly upon the will of such other state. COMMERCE-INSURANCE CONTRACT. The business of insurance is not commerce. The contract of insurance is not an instrumentality of commerce. The making of such contract is a mere incident of commercial intercourse. (For other cases, see Commerce, Cent. Dig. § 33; Dec. Dig. § 45.) (For other definitions, see Words and Phrases, vol. 2, pp. 1287-1298; vol. 8, pp. 7606, 7607.) In Error to the Supreme Court of the State of Montana. MCKENNA, J., delivered the opinion of the Court. Plaintiff in error, called herein plaintiff, as it was such in the * Decision rendered, Dec. 15, 1913. From certified transcript. |