American Casualty Co. v. Lea
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Petition for Writ of Prohibition to Pulaski Circuit Court. 1. A foreign insurance company can be sued in this State only upon liabilities growing out of its insurance contracts. Such is the intention of the legislature. Suth. Stat. Const- secs. 211, 218, 240, 241, 246, 284; 139 TJ. S. 223 ; 14 Atl. Rep. 689; 18 How. 404; 106 U. S. 350; Morawetz on Corp. sec. 980; 22 Fed.. Rep. 275 ; 29 id. 35; 44 Pa. Stat. 422 ; 50 Fed. Rep. 683; 17 N. W. Rep. 504; 16 id. 84; 30 Fed.
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Petition for Writ of Prohibition to Pulaski Circuit Court. 1. A foreign insurance company can be sued in this State only upon liabilities growing out of its insurance contracts. Such is the intention of the legislature. Suth. Stat. Const- secs. 211, 218, 240, 241, 246, 284; 139 TJ. S. 223 ; 14 Atl. Rep. 689; 18 How. 404; 106 U. S. 350; Morawetz on Corp. sec. 980; 22 Fed.. Rep. 275 ; 29 id. 35; 44 Pa. Stat. 422 ; 50 Fed. Rep. 683; 17 N. W. Rep. 504; 16 id. 84; 30 Fed. Rep. 350; 50 N. W. Rep. 565; 25 N. F. Rep. 173; Reno, Non-Res. secs. 45-46. 2. Soliciting subscriptions, advertising etc., is…
1Opinion of the CourtHughes, J.
This is a petition by the insurance company praying for a writ to prohibit the circuit judge from proceeding in a cause pending before him, as judge of the Pulaski circuit court, which is a suit for libel by J. W. Callaway against the company and its agents; in which suit process was issued against the defendants, and served upon the Auditor of the State as the agent of the insurance company, which is a foreign corporation organized in the State of Maryland, and doing ‘ ‘ an accident, casualty, and employer’s liability insurance business in this State, and no other business in this State,” as…
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