Shortridge

A judgment was rendered in the Superior Court of Los Angeles County against the defendant for an alleged unpaid portion of insurance premiums on policies issued under the Workmen’s Compensation, Insurance and Safety Act. The defendant appealed therefrom and thereafter a receiver of the plaintiff corporation was appointed, who continues the proceedings here.

Commencing in October, 1924, the Lumbermen’s Reciprocal Association, a compensation insurance corporation, issued three successive annual policies purporting to cover liability of the appellant to injured employees. The subjects of insurance were therein classified under at least foui’ headings, to wit, manufacturing, drivers and helpers, chauffeurs and clerical office employees. An audit of the employer’s records in 1927 revealed that it had made no declaration, and that the policies had consequently borne no provision for employees engaged in fitting and installing window screens, which was a part of the employer’s regular business, properly classified as “installation work”, for which the defendant should have paid an additional amount of insurance premium. The action was instituted for the difference between the amount of…