Orient Insurance v. Daggs
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MISSOURI. This was an action at law upon a policy of insurance, issued by the plaintiff in error, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Connecticut.
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MISSOURI. This was an action at law upon a policy of insurance, issued by the plaintiff in error, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Connecticut. The policy was issued in June, 1893, insuring the defendant in error against loss or damage by lire to a certain barn situated in Scotland County, Missouri, in a sum not to exceed $800. The barn was, within less than three months after the issuing of the policy, entirely consumed by fire, and an action was brought upon the contract to compel the payment of the entire sum of $800. The…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McKenna
The statute of Missouri is alleged to violate the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States in the following particulars: (1) that it abridges the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; (2) denies to persons within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws; and (3) deprives persons of property without due process of law.(1) It is not clear that this ground is relied on. It is, however, not available to plaintiff in error. A corporation is not a citizen within the meaning of the provision, and hence has not “ privileges and immunities ” secured…
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