Legal Opinion

German-American Fire Insurance v. City of Minden

Nebraska Supreme Court

Decided June 3, 1897No. 8962PublishedCited by 11 opinions

Error from tbe district court of Kearney county. Tried below before Beall, J.

1Opinion of the Court

IKYINE, O.

The petition of the city of Minden. against the GermaaAmerican Fire Insurance Company alleged that Minden is a city of the second class maintaining a volunteer fire department, and that the defendant is a corporation engaged in the business of fire insurance in said city; that on the 6th of January, 1896, the mayor and council enacted an ordinance requiring all fire insurance companies doing business in said city to pay a license tax of $3 per annum, due and payable on the 1st day of May of each and every year; that the defendant failed and refused to pay the tax. The prayer was for…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Trumble v. TrumbleNebraska Supreme Court · 1893
  2. Magneau v. City of FremontNebraska Supreme Court · 1890
  3. Western Union Telegraph Co. v. City of FremontNebraska Supreme Court · 1894
  4. Richards v. County CommissionersNebraska Supreme Court · 1894
  5. Fitzgerald v. Fitzgerald & Mallory Construction Co.Nebraska Supreme Court · 1894

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. State ex rel. Haberlan v. LoveNebraska Supreme Court · 1911
  2. State ex rel. Baughn v. UreNebraska Supreme Court · 1912
  3. State ex rel. Comstock v. StewartNebraska Supreme Court · 1897
  4. Aachen & Munich Fire Insurance v. City of OmahaNebraska Supreme Court · 1904
  5. City of York v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy RailroadNebraska Supreme Court · 1898

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