City of Richmond v. Creel
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Ray Circuit Court. — Hon. Francis H. Trimble, Judge. Transferred to Kansas city court of appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
BLAIR, C.
In the city of Richmond, a city of the third class, there exists an ordinance imposing a license tax upon insurance companies and providing that any person acting as agent for any company which has not complied with its provisions shall be subject to a prescribed penalty.
The Metropolitan Life- Insurance Company, a corporation organized under the laws of New York, failed to comply with this ordinance, and appellant was found guilty of acting as its agent within the city and has appealed.
The company had previously paid the tax levied upon it under section 7099', Revised; Statutes 1909'.
2Cases cited3 opinions
- City of St. Joseph v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Missouri · 1904
- City of St. Joseph v. ErnstSupreme Court of Missouri · 1888
- First National Bank v. Missouri Glass Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1912
3Cited by6 opinions
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- Fischbach Brewing Co. v. City of St. LouisSupreme Court of Missouri · 1935
- City of Florissant v. RouillardSupreme Court of Missouri · 1973
- State v. FinleySupreme Court of Missouri · 1914
- City of Poplar Bluff v. Poplar Bluff Loan & Building Ass'nMissouri Court of Appeals · 1963
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