Hughes v. Hunner
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from an order of the circuit court for Dane county: E. G. SiebecKER, Circuit Judge. The defendant John Runner was state treasurer; the defendant the Hekla Fire Insurance Company of Madison,, Wisconsin, is a domestic corporation; the defendants the Reída Fire Insurance Company of S1. Paul, Minnesota, and the St. Paul German Fire Insurance Company, are foreign corporations, existing under the laws of the state of Minnesota; the defendant J. F. Franzen is the assignee…
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Appeal from an order of the circuit court for Dane county: E. G. SiebecKER, Circuit Judge. The defendant John Runner was state treasurer; the defendant the Hekla Fire Insurance Company of Madison,, Wisconsin, is a domestic corporation; the defendants the Reída Fire Insurance Company of S1. Paul, Minnesota, and the St. Paul German Fire Insurance Company, are foreign corporations, existing under the laws of the state of Minnesota; the defendant J. F. Franzen is the assignee for'the benefit of creditors of the last-named corporation, the St. Paul German Fire Insuram.ee Company; the defendants…
1Opinion of the CourtNewmaN, J.
The debenture bond was deposited with the state treasurer to protect the holders of policies in the Hekla Insurance Cowojgcmy of Madison, who were reinsured in the St. Paul companies. The plaintiff John Hughes was such a policy-holder. He had a loss which has been adjusted. The corporations liable for the loss are insolvent. No just reason is perceived why these facts do not entitle him to resort to the security. The bond was deposited to meet just this case. It is not in the custody of the law of Minnesota. It is, in fact, in the custody of the state treasurer of "Wisconsin, and within the…
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