Philadelphia Ass'n for the Relief of Disabled Firemen v. Wood
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the District Court of Philadelphia. This was an action brought in the District ‘Court, to December Term 1859, by The Philadelphia Association for the Relief of Disabled Firemen, against George Wood, who was sued with James H. Montgomery and Joshua P. Ash, and in which the following facts were agreed upon as a case stated for the opinion of the court, with leave to turn the same into a special verdict.
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Error to the District Court of Philadelphia. This was an action brought in the District ‘Court, to December Term 1859, by The Philadelphia Association for the Relief of Disabled Firemen, against George Wood, who was sued with James H. Montgomery and Joshua P. Ash, and in which the following facts were agreed upon as a case stated for the opinion of the court, with leave to turn the same into a special verdict. The plaintiffs are an incorporation, created by Act of Assembly of this state, of 25th March 1835 (P. L. 85), for the purpose of relieving disabled firemen, their widows and orphans,…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered,
by Lowrje, 0. J.
In April 1856, the legislature regulated the terms on which agencies of insurance companies incorporated by other states or foreign governments might transact their business within this state, and imposed an annual license fee of $200 on such as should be established in Philadelphia. In January 1857, the Royal Insurance Company of Liverpool conformed to the *80terms of the law, paid the license fee, and commenced business, there. In May 1857, a law was passed imposing on all such, agencies in Philadelphia the duty of paying two per cent, on…
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