Cobbs v. Home Ins. Co. of New York
Alabama Court of Appeals
Appeal from Circuit Court, Montgomery County; Leon McCord, Judge. * Action by J. Lewis Cobbs, as Treasurer of the City of Montgomery, against the Home. Insurance Company of New York. There was judgment sustaining demurrers to the complaint, and, the plaintiff declining to plead further, judgment was rendered against him, and he appealed.
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Appeal from Circuit Court, Montgomery County; Leon McCord, Judge. * Action by J. Lewis Cobbs, as Treasurer of the City of Montgomery, against the Home. Insurance Company of New York. There was judgment sustaining demurrers to the complaint, and, the plaintiff declining to plead further, judgment was rendered against him, and he appealed. Plaintiff sued as the treasurer of the city of Montgomery for the use and benefit of the board of trustees of the firemen’s pension and relief fund. The suit is brought under the provisions of the Acts of 1915, p. 898, as amended by Acts 1919, p. 111. The…
1Opinion of the CourtSamford, J.
This suit was instituted by appellant pursuant to the provisions of an act of the Legislature approved February 17, 1919 (Acts 1919, pp. 111-116), amendatory of an act of the Legislature approved September 28, 1915 (Acts 1915, p. 898 et seq.), and seeks to recover of appellee a percentage of appellee’s gross premiums from its business in the city of Montgomery during the year. 1919; it being contended that this payment is provided for by subdivision C of section 8 of the original act, requiring each fire insurance company doing business in the city to pay annually into a certain fund “a sum…
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