Davis-Kaser Co. v. Colonial Fire Underwriters Insurance
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Walla Walla county, Mills, J., entered August 28, 1915, dismissing an action upon a fire insurance policy, upon sustaining a motion to quash service of summons.
1Opinion of the CourtMain, J.
The purpose of this action was to recover upon a fire insurance policy for the loss of personal property destroyed by fire. The property covered by the policy was located in Franklin county, and the policy was delivered in that county. The action was begun in Walla Walla county, and service had upon an agent of the defendant company in that county. The defendant was a foreign and not a domestic corporation. A motion was made to quash the service because the action was instituted in the wrong county, and that the superior court for Walla Walla county was without jurisdiction to try the same.…
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