New York Life Ins. Co. v. Town of Comanche
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from District Court, Stephens County ; Cham Jones, Judge. Action by the New York Life Insurance Company, a corporation, against the Town of Comanche, Okla., a municipal corporation, and others. There was a judgment for defendant, and plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
HOOKER, C.
This action was instituted to restrain the enforcement of an ordinance of the town of Comanche, which attempted to impose a license fee upon all insurance agents doing business therein in the sum of $2.50 per year. The New York Life Insurance Company alleged that it was a foreign insurance company engaged in the business of soliciting and writing life insurance policies in the state of Oklahoma, and that it had been duly licensed to conduct said business therein during the year 1915, and had paid all the fees required by the laws of the state including an annual tax of 2…
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