Aetna Insurance Co. v. Jones
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Petition by ¿Etna Fire Insurance Co.; Hamburg-Bremen Fire Ins. Co.; Home Ins. Co.; Hartford Fire Ins. Co.; Royal Fire Ins. Co.; North Carolina Home Ins. Co.; Williamsburg City Fire Ins. Co.; Globe Rutgers Ins. Co.; Milwaukee Mechanics Ins. Co.; Providenoe-Washington Ins. Co. and Germania Ins.
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Petition by ¿Etna Fire Insurance Co.; Hamburg-Bremen Fire Ins. Co.; Home Ins. Co.; Hartford Fire Ins. Co.; Royal Fire Ins. Co.; North Carolina Home Ins. Co.; Williamsburg City Fire Ins. Co.; Globe Rutgers Ins. Co.; Milwaukee Mechanics Ins. Co.; Providenoe-Washington Ins. Co. and Germania Ins. Co. for injunction against A. W. Jones as Comptroller General. cite: One or more may join in a petition of this kind for beneñt of all: 4 S. C., 513; 13 S. C., 310; 54 S. C,, 448; 76 S. C., 162. This action is properly brought against this defendant: 20 L. R. A., 829. Has a court of equity juridictioh: 1…
1Opinion of the Court
November 6, 1907. The opinion of this Court was delivered by This is a petition to this Court in its original jurisdiction whereby the plaintiff insurance companies, for themselves and others in like situation, seek to have the comptroller-general enjoined from proceeding to collect certain taxes provided for by an Act of the General Assembly approved May 9, 1906, 25 Stat., 620, on the ground that the said act is unconstitutional, null, and void. Counsel for petitioners discuss at length the preliminary question as to the jurisdiction of this Court to hear the cause, but an identical question…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Beer Co. v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
- Trustees of Exempt Firemen's Benevolent Fund v. RoomeNew York Court of Appeals · 1883
- City & County of San Francisco v. Liverpool & London & Globe InsuranceCalifornia Supreme Court · 1887
- Henderson v. London & Lancashire InsuranceIndiana Supreme Court · 1893
- State v. WheelerNebraska Supreme Court · 1891
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Ford v. Atlantic Coast Line R. Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1932
- Great American Insurance Company v. JohnsonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1962
- City of Louisville v. Aetna Fire Ins. Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1940
- Employment Security Administration v. WeimerCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1979
- Lowry v. City of ClarksdaleMississippi Supreme Court · 1929
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