Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-04-22
CAN'T IMPOSE TAX
ON FULL PREMIUMS
Dauphin County Court Decides in
Insurance Company's Favor on
State Assessment

Qay Dy AQQlJlOnal
Law Judge S. j. NJ. McCarrell in the
State tax case appealed by the Penn
Mutual Life Insurance Company,
Philadelphia. While the courts de-
cision means something like $4,000
in back tax claims for several years,
the opinion will serve as a precedent
for similar appeals in the future. The
insurance company was represented by
Attorneys Frank Snodgrass and Paul
G. Smith and is probably one of the
most important decisions of the kind
| that has been handled by the Dau-
phin courts in some years. We are
satisfied" said the court in conclusion,
that the deductions made from the
maximum premiums as hereinbefore
stated were never received by the
company, and with respect to these
sums the company is not liable for
the S-mill tax" The company ap-
pealed from the charges for tax on
gross premiums, contending that the
| dividends the policyholder received
could be applied toward his pre0ium
| II he chose. Many of them simply de-
duct their share from the premium so
| that the company never really receives
the whole premium. Judge McCarrell
sustained this point
Walker Into Glass; Wants $780,
Suit to recover $190.90, representing
the damage to a big plate glass win
dow in the garage of the Harrisburg
IaXlcab Company at Aberdeen and
strawberry streets, was filed to-day
/ by William Jennings and the Ameri-
can Casualty Company against Charles
T.. Anderson. Anderson, it is charged.
was intoxicated and walked into the
glass window. The window was in
sured by the American company and
| II promptly paid Jennings the policy
Now the company wants to recover
from Anderson.
State Tax COurf Nav -Tbursday
May 8. has been fixed for hearing a
number of State tax cases by the Dau-
phin County Court, the date having
been postponed from to-day.
Realty Transfers.-Realty transac-
tions yesterday included the following:
S. f. Smith to John A. Aungst, West
Hanover, S414; r. NJ. Green to II. \.
Hammer. half interest, Highspire
$500: l.. NJ. Neiffer to John f. Brewer,
Susquehanna township. $4,000: y. B.
Matchett heirs to Ella Proudfoot. Hall
fax, $3.50; S. Fl. and j. \. Rutherford
to j. Z. Rutherford, PaXtang. two
properties. 81 each; +. c. Billing to
Fred Steinfeldt. Susquehanna, $475;
Ellen Jackson to r. A. Carl. 40 North
Cameron. 81; Luther Minter to Alfred
Seiber, I'LL Market street, $3.50;
Catherine X. Seiber to Luther Minter,
20 North Sixteenth, $40.
Filed c. V. Agrecment-The agree
ment between the Cumberland Valley
Railroad Company and the Robert
/ Grayce Contracting Company, Pitts
burgh, which is to build the new bridge
across the river at Mulberry street,
was filed yesterday with Prothonotary
| Harry f. Holler.
Creditors To Meet May l. Notice
has been served by Federal Referee
John T. Olmsted that May /, at 10
o clock has been fixed as the date for
the first meeting of the creditors of
Samuel Wolf, Hummelstown, recently
| adjudicated a bankrupt
Wants License Transfer.-A Applica-
ton will be made to the Dauphin
county court Wednesday, April 2S, for
the transfer of the license now held
| by j. Grant Hoffman at the Hotel Wal
| lace. Cumberland and Wallace streets,
to Harry f. Eckinger. Eckinger. who
! is well-known hotelman. recently
sold the Russ Hotel and then purchas-
! ed the PaXtonia Inn. He asked for
/ liquor sales privileges at PaXtonia in
February license court but this was
refused.