Legal Opinion

Travelers' Insurance Co. v. Fricke

Wisconsin Supreme Court

Decided November 4, 1896PublishedCited by 15 opinions

Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Dane county: E. G. Siebeokee, Circuit Judge. This is an action in equity, commenced June 3, 1895, against the defendant, as commissioner of insurance of the 'state, to perpetually enjoin him from revoking a license issued by him to the plaintiff authorizing it to transact business within this state. The facts were not in dispute upon the trial, and were settled by stipulation.

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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Dane county: E. G. Siebeokee, Circuit Judge. This is an action in equity, commenced June 3, 1895, against the defendant, as commissioner of insurance of the 'state, to perpetually enjoin him from revoking a license issued by him to the plaintiff authorizing it to transact business within this state. The facts were not in dispute upon the trial, and were settled by stipulation. They are briefly as follows: The plaintiff is, and has been since prior to the year 1880, a Connecticut corporation, empowered to transact, and in fact transacting, both…

1Opinion of the CourtWinslow, J.

The first contention of the plaintiff is, in brief, that there are three classes of foreign life or accident insurance companies recognized by our statutes, viz.: (1) Life insurance companies; (2) life and accident insurance companies ; and (3) accident insurance companies; and that the first two classes of companies are required to pay an annual license fee of $300 only, and the third class a license fee of two per cent, upon the premium receipts for the preceding year. Further, it contends that it is a company of the second class, namely, a life cmd accident insurance company, and hence…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. State ex rel. Hudd v. TimmeWisconsin Supreme Court · 1882
  2. State ex rel. Weiss v. District Board of School District No. EightWisconsin Supreme Court · 1890
  3. State ex rel. Raymer v. CunninghamWisconsin Supreme Court · 1892
  4. Scanlan v. ChildsWisconsin Supreme Court · 1873

3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Milwaukee County v. IsenringWisconsin Supreme Court · 1901
  2. State Ex Rel. City of West Allis v. DieringerWisconsin Supreme Court · 1957
  3. Nekoosa-Edwards Paper Co. v. Public Service CommissionWisconsin Supreme Court · 1959
  4. Board of Trustees of Lawrence University v. Outagamie CountyWisconsin Supreme Court · 1912
  5. Travelers' Insurance Co. v. FrickeWisconsin Supreme Court · 1898

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