Town of Dothan v. Hornsby
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Houston Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. H. A. Pearce. Prosecution by tlie town of Dotban against M. I). Hornsby for soliciting insurance without a license. From a judgment discharging defendant, prosecutor appeals. Under the facts as agreed on the appellee was clearly a commercial broker, or broker within* the meaning and definition of the law. and was (dearly amenable to the ordinances of sai(l town. — Stratford r.
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Appeal from Houston Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. H. A. Pearce. Prosecution by tlie town of Dotban against M. I). Hornsby for soliciting insurance without a license. From a judgment discharging defendant, prosecutor appeals. Under the facts as agreed on the appellee was clearly a commercial broker, or broker within* the meaning and definition of the law. and was (dearly amenable to the ordinances of sai(l town. — Stratford r. City of Montgomery, 110 Ala. 619; 2 A. & E. Ency. of Law, p. 57; 1 Bouv. L. Hie. 267. A corporation can only act through its agents and to require a corporation tax…
1Opinion of the CourtHaralson, J.
An ordinance of the town of Do-than provides “that (¡very person, firm or corporation, who solicits, negotiates, sells, writes or receives an application, for himself or itself, or as the agent for any person, firm or corporation, life, fire or accident, insurance in the town of Dothan, before engaging in said business in said town, shall take out and pay for a license annually, for doing such business, in the sum of fifteen dollars, such license to expire on the 31st day of December of the year taken out.”
Tt is shoivn by the agreed statement of facts, that three insurance companies, one life…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Stratford v. City Council of MontgomerySupreme Court of Alabama · 1895
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