National Acc. Soc. v. Spiro
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
la Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Tennessee. Action upon a contract of accident insurance between the National Accident Society, a corporation organized under the laws of the state of New York, and Herman Spiro, the assured.
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la Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Tennessee. Action upon a contract of accident insurance between the National Accident Society, a corporation organized under the laws of the state of New York, and Herman Spiro, the assured. The contract provided, among other things, for the payment of $5,000 to Fannie Spiro, wile of the assured, in the event said assured should, during the continuance of the contract, come to his death “through external, violent, or accidental means.” An action was begun upon this agreement by Fannie Spiro in the circuit court of…
1Opinion of the CourtLurton, Circuit Judge
The only questions presented by the assignment of errors relate to the proceedings on the trial of the issue joined on the plea in abatement. That issue was one of fact, and involved the single question as to whether H. D. McBurney was an agent of the National Accident Society of any kind at the time process was served upon him. The Tennessee statute of March 29, 1887 (Acts 1887, c. 226) concerning suits against corporations of other states “found *776doing business in tbe state,” provides that all such, corporations may be sued in respect of business transacted within the state, and that process…
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- York v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
- Moore v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
- Simpson v. Railway Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1890
- National Accident Society v. SpiroSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
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