Legal Opinion

City of Sheffield v. Home Ins. Co.

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided April 15, 1937No. 8 Div. 761PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

FOSTER, Justice.

The question in this suit is whether the Home Insurance Company is liable to the City of Sheffield for an amount of license calculated on gross premiums received by it on policies of insurance or certificates of coverage on automobiles sold by dealers in Sheffield on deferred payments for the years 1931 to 1935. The insurance company has a local agency in Sheffield, through which it insures other property there, and has paid the city the license calculated on the amount of premiums derived from those contracts.

In respect to the business here in question for each of those…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Allgeyer v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
  2. Commercial Mutual Accident Co. v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1909
  3. St. Louis Cotton Compress Co. v. ArkansasSupreme Court of the United States · 1922
  4. Phœnix Assurance Co. v. Fire DepartmentSupreme Court of Alabama · 1897
  5. Equitable Life Assurance Soc. of United States v. PennsylvaniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1915

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Home Ins. Co. v. City of BirminghamSupreme Court of Alabama · 1938
  2. Alfa Mut. Ins. Co. v. City of MobileSupreme Court of Alabama · 2007
  3. City of Sheffield v. General Exchange Ins. Corp.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1937
  4. O'Pry Heating & Plumbing Co. v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1941
  5. State Farm Mutual Auto Insurance v. Board of Trustees of Firemen's Pension & Relief FundSupreme Court of Alabama · 1973

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