Show SURETY RULING MADE BY CHEZ P Public Property Is Insurable With Mutual Firms f t r State Holds Neither the Utah constitution nor northe northe northe the statutes ban insurance of oC public property against fire tire in a mutual Insurance In company Attorney General Joseph Chez Monday advised E. E A. A Smith Jr state insurance commis lI oner The query was prompted by an m Idaho supreme court ruling holding unconstitutional a state stale law permitting permit ting the insuring o of school property In a mutual company The court held the law to be in conflict with a provision pro proS provision vision of the Idaho constitution similar similar simi lar to a section of oC Utah's basic law The question involved was whether b by insuring in a mutual company i 1 city county or state would be pledging ing Lag its credit to a pr private vate enterprise Mr Chez CheT ruled the scheme of or mutual insurance fastens no liability on a municipality which it may not assume assume as as- sume lume with reasonable safety j |