People ex rel. Glens Falls Insurance v. Judge of Jackson Circuit Court
Michigan Supreme Court
Application for mandamus: By the Glens Falls Insurance Company, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of New York, to compel the Judge of the Circuit Court for the county of Jackson to remove a cause pending in that Court, in which the relator was defendant and William Jackson plaintiff, to the Circuit Court of the United States.
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Application for mandamus: By the Glens Falls Insurance Company, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of New York, to compel the Judge of the Circuit Court for the county of Jackson to remove a cause pending in that Court, in which the relator was defendant and William Jackson plaintiff, to the Circuit Court of the United States. The action was brought upon a policy of insurance issued in this state by a duly authorized agent of the company, and was commenced by service of process upon an agent of the company duly authorized under the provisions of Section 23 of the Laws of 1869…
1Opinion of the Court
Campbell, Ch. J.
This is an. application for an order on the Circuit Judge sitting in Jackson County to show cause why a mandamus should not issue to direct him to remove a cause to the United States Circuit Court, the relator being defendant and a corporation, under the laws of New York, and the plaintiff being a citizen of Michigan. We desired the counsel for the relator to argue the motion, as we had doubts of the propriety of calling upon the Circuit Judge to respond to such an order, and we have been furnished with tbe citation of such cases as could be found.
It is alleged, and must on…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- People ex rel. Kanouse v. Judges of New-York Common PleasNew York Supreme Court · 1846
3Cited by3 opinions
- Morse v. Home Insurance Co. of New York CityWisconsin Supreme Court · 1872
- People ex rel. Hartford Life & Annuity Ins. v. FairmanNew York Supreme Court · 1882
- New York Life Insurance v. BestOhio Supreme Court · 1872