Legal Opinion
City of Chicago v. Phoenix Insurance
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided November 15, 1888PublishedCited by 16 opinions
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Joseph E. Gary, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Cbaig
This was an action of debt, brought by the city of Chicago, against the Phoenix Insurance Company, to recover two per cent on the gross receipts of its agency in the city of Chicago, the defendant being a foreign insurance company. The action was brought under an ordinance passed by the city council of Chicago on the 15th day of July, 1886. Sections 1 and 2 of the ordinance are as follows:
“Sec. 1. That no corporation, company or association which is not incorporated under the laws of the State of Illinois, shall effect fire insurance in the city of Chicago without first obtaining a license…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Minis v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1841
- McPherson v. Village of ChebanseIllinois Supreme Court · 1885
3Cited by16 opinions
- Hanover Fire Insurance v. HardingSupreme Court of the United States · 1926
- People ex rel. Stevens v. Fidelity & Casualty Co. of New YorkIllinois Supreme Court · 1894
- People ex rel. Akin v. Board of Supervisors of Adams CountyIllinois Supreme Court · 1900
- Firemen's Insurance Company of Washington, D.C. v. Walter E. WashingtonCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1973
- Kizer v. City of MattoonIllinois Supreme Court · 1928
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