[DOWNLOAD] "Polk County v. Lincoln National Life Insurance Co." by United States Court Of Appeals Fifth Circuit. " Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Polk County v. Lincoln National Life Insurance Co.
- Author : United States Court Of Appeals Fifth Circuit.
- Release Date : January 13, 1959
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 72 KB
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The appellant, Polk County, Georgia, is a body corporate. Ga.Const. Art. XI, Sec. I, Par. I. In 1952 the County, acting through its Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues, applied to the appellee insurance company for life insurance and health, accident, sickness and hospital insurance for employees of the County.Pursuant to the applications insurance policies were issued under a contributory plan providing for a part of the premiums to be paid by the County and the remainder of the premiums to be paid by the insured employees through wage deductions. The compensation of a few of the employees of the County was fixed by the Legislature, but for the most part the amounts of employees pay were fixed by the Board of Commissioners. In 1957 the Board of Commissioners cancelled the policies. The County asserted that the Board of Commissioners was without power to use County funds for the payment of a part of the premiums on the policies insuring County employees. It claimed that it was entitled to have the insurance company repay to it the amount of its contribution to the premiums paid. The validity of this claim was submitted to the district court for the Northern District of Georgia and it resolved the question in favor of the insurance company. From the district courts judgment the County has appealed.