Supreme Court of the United States November 18, 1876, 37 (Home Ins. Co. v. City Council of Augusta)

Mr. Justice Swayne

delivered the opinion of the court.

Under an, act of. the legislature of Georgia,-of the 19th of March, 1869, the. insurance company procured the' requisite authority to. transact, by itself or agents, the business of insurance for one year, from the 1st of January, 1874, and, at the option of the company, for sixty days longer..