NORTHWESTERN LIFE INS. CO. v. WISCONSIN

No. 240.

247 U.S. 132 (1918)

NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY v. STATE OF WISCONSIN.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 20, 1918.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Harry L. Butler, with whom Mr. John M. Olin, Mr. Byron H. Stebbins and Mr. Ray M. Stroud were on the briefs, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Walter Drew, with whom Mr. Spencer Haven, Attorney General of the State of Wisconsin, was on the brief, for defendant in error.


MR. JUSTICE DAY delivered the opinion of the court.

This suit was brought to recover certain taxes or license fees paid by the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company to the State of Wisconsin; the same were paid under protest, and this action was to recover $482,193.23 paid in 1912, and $505,643.22 in 1913. The case was decided in the Supreme Court of Wisconsin, upon demurrer to the original and amended complaints, and judgment was rendered in favor of the State...

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