Lewis v. International Insurance
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Montgomery City Court. Heard before Hon. C. P. McIntyre. Suit by J. B. Lewis against the International Insurance Company upon a fire insurance policy. From a judgment of non-suit plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
. GARDNER, J.
Suit on a fire insurance policy issued by the defendant company to plaintiff in Geneva county. The defendant appeared and pleaded specially in abatement of the suit (which was brought in the city court of Montgomery) that the contract sued on was made in Geneva county, and “at that time, since, and to the time of the filing of said suit this defendant was a corporation, and at the time mentioned was not doing business by agent or otherwise in Montgomery county, Ala.”
On demurrer to the plea being overruled, plaintiff filed a replication thereto, setting up in substance that at the…
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