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GREAT AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY v. JOHNSON

No. 457.

126 S.E.2d 92 (1962)

257 N.C. 367

GREAT AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY v. William A. JOHNSON, Commissioner of Revenue, and Charles F. Gold, Commissioner of Insurance, Defendants. EMPLOYERS MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY v. W. A. JOHNSON, Commissioner of Revenue, and Charles F. Gold, Commissioner of Insurance, Defendants.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

June 15, 1962.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joyner & Howison by W. T. Joyner, Jr., and Allen, Hipp & Steed, by Arch T. Allen, Raleigh, for plaintiff appellants.

Atty. Gen. T. W. Bruton and Asst. Atty. Gen. Lucius W. Pullen, for defendant appellees.

RODMAN, Justice.

The 1957 Legislature, by c. 1420 of the laws of that Session, imposed a tax on purchasers of fire and lightning insurance to provide funds which, with contributions made by firemen, would suffice to create and maintain a fund from which qualified retired firemen would be paid a monthly sum, dependent in amount upon age and service. That act was, in January 1959, held unconstitutional. American Equitable Assurance Co. v. Gold, Comr. of Insurance, ...

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