Legal Opinion

State v. National Accident Society of New York

Wisconsin Supreme Court

Decided May 16, 1899PublishedCited by 14 opinions

Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Dane county: E. G-. SiebeoKer, Circuit Judge. Five successive yearly licenses iyere issued by the insurance-commissioner to the defendant to carry on in this state the business of accidental insurance according to its authorized plan as exhibited to such commissioner.

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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Dane county: E. G-. SiebeoKer, Circuit Judge. Five successive yearly licenses iyere issued by the insurance-commissioner to the defendant to carry on in this state the business of accidental insurance according to its authorized plan as exhibited to such commissioner. The first license was dated April 29, 1891, and the last February 18, 1895. Soon after the commencement of the last license year the license for such year was duly canceled by the commissioner and the defendant ceased doing business in this state. No compensation was demanded of,…

1Opinion of the CourtMaeshall, J.

It is conceded that if defendant was entitled to the benefit of ch. 418, Laws of 1891, during the period covered by its several licenses, the judgment appealed from is wrong and must be reversed. That chapter exempts from the genei’aí insurance laws of the state imposing on accident insurance companies an annual license fee of $300, every corporation, society, order, or association therein named upon complying with its provisions. The descriptive words of the organizations covered by the act are contained in the following: “No fraternal or beneficiary corporation, society, order or…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Brown v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1899
  2. Case v. HoffmanWisconsin Supreme Court · 1898
  3. Travelers' Insurance Co. v. FrickeWisconsin Supreme Court · 1898
  4. Quackenbush v. Wisconsin & Minnesota RailroadWisconsin Supreme Court · 1888
  5. State ex rel. Covenant Mutual Benefit Ass'n v. RootWisconsin Supreme Court · 1893

3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Colonial & United States Mortgage Co. v. Northwest Thresher Co.North Dakota Supreme Court · 1905
  2. State v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1906
  3. Bode v. FlynnWisconsin Supreme Court · 1934
  4. Williams v. Metropolitan Street-railway Co.Supreme Court of Kansas · 1903
  5. State ex rel. Atkinson v. McDonaldWisconsin Supreme Court · 1900

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