Case Name: THE STATE ex rel. WATERWORTH et al. v. A. L. HARTY,. Superintendent of Insurance
Court: Supreme Court of Missouri
Jurisdiction: Missouri
Decision Date: 1918-06-13
Citations: 275 Mo. 59
Docket Number: 
Parties: THE STATE ex rel. WATERWORTH et al. v. A. L. HARTY,. Superintendent of Insurance.
Judges: All concur.
Reporter: Missouri Reports
Volume: 275
Pages: 59–59

Head Matter:
THE STATE ex rel. WATERWORTH et al. v. A. L. HARTY,. Superintendent of Insurance.
In Banc,
June 13, 1918.
INSURANCE: Schedule of Rates: Judicial Review: Original Jurisdiction. The Supreme Court does not have original jurisdiction to judicially review,- upon evidence to be heard by a commissioner, the ruling of the Superintendent of Insurance in refusing an increase of rates according to a schedule filed wUh him by the rate-making representatives of all stock fire insurance companies doing business in the State.
Petition for Review De Novo,
Dismissed.

Opinion:
BOND, C. J.
This is an application by petitioners as the rate-making representatives of "all the stock fire insurance companies doing business" in this State, for a "judicial review," upon evidence to be heard by a commissioner, of the ruling of the Superintendent of Insurance, in refusing petitioners an increase of rates according to a schedule filed with him March 27, 1918.
The matters of original cognizance thus presented do not lie within the constitutional jurisdiction of this court, which is "appellate only," except as otherwise specified or directed in that instrument. [Const. 1875, art. 6, secs. 2 and 3; Ib., art. 8, sec. 9; Gantt v. Brown, 244 Mo. 1. c. 300; R. S. 1909, sec. 5951.] The application is therefore dismissed without prejudice to "a proper action" in a court of competent original jurisdiction. [Laws 1915, p. 318, sec. 15.]
All concur.