New Amsterdam Casualty Company v. Elizabeth W. Murray

Appellee, a woman passenger in a motor vehicle, sustained personal injuries as a result of a collision with another motor vehicle, in the State of Kentucky. The insurer of the latter vehicle brought suit in Virginia in a court of competent jurisdiction for cancellation of a policy of insurance on the ground that the insured had procured its issuance by fraudulent representations. The policy of insurance was written in Virginia. The insurance company was authorized to do business in both Virginia and Kentucky.

Service of summons was had upon the insured, and, on his failure to appear, a default…