Legal Opinion
Williams v. Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided May 3, 1968PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Dyer
This suit was brought by Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company against the Commissioner of Insurance and Banking for the State of Tennessee to recover certain taxes paid under protest. The decision here requires construction of certain statutes in light of admitted facts.
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company is a mutual company incorporated in Massachusetts, domesticated and doing business in Tennessee. The company in writing life insurance policies determines the annual premium to be paid and such is stated in the policy. During the life of a policy there accumulates to the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Gallagher v. ButlerTennessee Supreme Court · 1964
- New England Mut. Life Ins. v. ReeceTennessee Supreme Court · 1935
- State Tax Commission v. John Hancock Mutual Life InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1960
- Commercial Standard Ins. v. HixsonTennessee Supreme Court · 1938
- State ex rel. Stewart v. Louisville & N. R.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1917
3Cited by12 opinions
- International Harvester Company v. CarrTennessee Supreme Court · 1971
- Stalcup v. City of GatlinburgTennessee Supreme Court · 1978
- Danna v. Commissioner of InsuranceLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1970
- Mutual Life Insurance v. New York State Tax CommissionNew York Court of Appeals · 1973
- State Ex Rel. Farmer v. Monsanto CompanySupreme Court of Missouri · 1974
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