Presbyterian Ministers' Fund v. Thomas
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for La Crosse ■county: J. J. Eruit, Circuit Judge. Plaintiff, a Pennsylvania corporation, brought action to recover on a note given for the first premium on a life insurance policy on the life of the defendant, a resident of Wisconsin.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for La Crosse ■county: J. J. Eruit, Circuit Judge. Plaintiff, a Pennsylvania corporation, brought action to recover on a note given for the first premium on a life insurance policy on the life of the defendant, a resident of Wisconsin. It is alleged in the answer, in effect, that plaintiff is a foreign ■corporation engaged in furnishing life insurance, incorporated under the laws of Pennsylvania and having its home office in Philadelphia, and that it has not been licensed to do business in Wisconsin, and has not complied with ch. 89, Stats. 1898,…
1Opinion of the Court
KeRwiw, T.
It is conceded that the plaintiff is a Pennsylvania corporation, and that it never complied with the laws-of this state respecting the doing of insurance business herein or the making of contracts with residents of this state. The contention on the part of the defendant to reverse the judgment is that the contract in question was made in Wisconsin,, therefore void for the reason that plaintiff had no authority to do business or make contracts in Wisconsin without compliance with our statutes, and that, even if made in Pennsylvania, still it cannot be enforced here. The contract of…
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