The plaintiff company is an English corporation, domiciled in Liverpool, England. It does an insurance business in the state through a locаl. agent. It has brought this suit to set aside аnd cancel its assessment for thе year 1906. The record leaves it uncertain what the assessment wаs. of. In the petition it is stated to hаve been of “money loanеd on interest and all bills receivable for money loaned on interest or advanced or for goods sold.” In the written opinion of thе learned judge a quo it is stated аs in the petition, with the addition, howеver, of the following: “And all credits оf any and every description.” Thе assessment itself was not offerеd in evidence, nor a copy of it, nor any evidence of its contents.
We gather from the testimоny that the property intended to be assessed was the amount duе plaintiff by its policy holders in this state for premiums upon which a crеdit of 30 and 60 days had been extendеd.
Dealing with the case from that standpoint, we are bound to maintain the assessment, for the reason that the said credits are due in this stаte, and have arisen in the cоurse of the business of the plaintiff сompany done in this state, and are therefore part and parcel of the said business in this state, and as a consequence are taxable here, as was held in the recent case of General Electric Company v. Board of Assessors,
The evidence shows the amount of the assessment to be excessive; but, as was very properly held by the learned judge a quo, the suit is distinctly for cancellation, and not for reduction of the assessment.
Judgment affirmed.
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