Peters v. Queen Insurance
Supreme Court of Georgia
The Court of Appeals certified to the Supreme Court the following question of law: “On October 30, 1909, a petition was filed in the city court of Moultrie, against a non-resident insurance company, because of a loss which had been occasioned to the plaintiff, who was insured under one of its policies.
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The Court of Appeals certified to the Supreme Court the following question of law: “On October 30, 1909, a petition was filed in the city court of Moultrie, against a non-resident insurance company, because of a loss which had been occasioned to the plaintiff, who was insured under one of its policies. The petition 'alleged that at the time the contract of insurance was made (October 29, 1908), and at the time the cause of action sued on arose (December 8, 1908), the defendant had an agent and an agency in Moultrie in Colquitt county. Process was issued in usual form, directed to the sheriff…
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, J.
The act of 1861, providing for the situs of suits against insurance companies, and the service of process in suits brought thereunder, is codified in the Code of 1873, as follows: “§ 3408. Whenever any person may have- any claim or demand upon any insurance company having agencies, or more than one place of doing business, it shall be lawful for such person or persons to institute suit against said insurance company within the county where the principal office of such company is located, or in any county where said insurance company may have an agency, or place of doing business was located…
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- Roberts v. KeelerSupreme Court of Georgia · 1900
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- Carswell v. WrightSupreme Court of Georgia · 1910
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