Gilman v. Druse
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Sauk county: E. G. Siebeokee, Circuit Judge. This is an action brought by the plaintiff, as receiver of a mutual hail insurance company, to collect an assessment alleged to be due from the defendant to the company, which was levied by the company prior to the appointment of the plaintiff as receiver.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Sauk county: E. G. Siebeokee, Circuit Judge. This is an action brought by the plaintiff, as receiver of a mutual hail insurance company, to collect an assessment alleged to be due from the defendant to the company, which was levied by the company prior to the appointment of the plaintiff as receiver. It appeared by the evidence that the United Farmers’ Township Mutual Hail Insurance Company was attempted to be organized as a mutual hail insurance corporation in the year 1898, under secs. 1956-1966, E. S. 18J8, as amended. The supposed articles…
1Opinion of the Court
Winslow, L.
It does not appear in the record upon what ground or grounds the nonsuit in this case was based, but respondent’s counsel argue that the • ruling was correct, (1) because the mutual hail insurance company of which the plaintiff is receiver never was a legal corporation; and (2) because, even conceding that it was a legal corporation, the assessment upon which this action was founded is void.
1. The mutual hail insurance company in question was attempted to be organized as a corporation under the provisions of ch. 196, Laws of 1876, which now appears, with some changes, as secs.…
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