Coite v. Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action upon the statute of 1865 with regard to the taxation 'of corporations; brought to the Superior Court in Hartford county, and tried on the general issue, with notice, closed to tlio court.
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Action upon the statute of 1865 with regard to the taxation 'of corporations; brought to the Superior Court in Hartford county, and tried on the general issue, with notice, closed to tlio court. The statute referred to, (Gen. Statutes, tit. 64, sec.'48,) provides that “ the secretaries, treasurers or clerks of the several insurance companies chartered by this state and conducted in whole or in part upon the plan of mutual insurance, shall, on or before the tenth day of October in each year, make returns and statements, under oath, to the comptroller of public accounts, of the total amount of…
1Opinion of the CourtLoomis, J.
That part of the declaration which claims' a forfeiture, provided.by the statute, for the' neglect of the defendants to pay the tax in question, was ■ waived by ’the plaintiff’s.counsel during the argument, and-the only question *525presented for the decision oi the court -is, whether the de-fen'dants are liable to pay.the tax claimed to be due to the state, pursuant to the provisions of .the following statute,:
“ The secretaries, treasurers, or clerks of the several insurance companies chartered by. this state, and conducted in whole, or in part, upon the plan- of mutual insurance, shall, on or…
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- Society for Savings v. CoiteSupreme Court of the United States · 1868
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- Hamilton Co. v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1868
- President of the Portland Bank v. ApthorpMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1815
- Coite v. Society for SavingsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1864
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