Weight v. Liverpool, London & Globe Insurance

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Egan, J.

The plaintiffs sue upon a contract of insurance effected through one Behen, acting as agent for that purpose at the town of Monroe, in Ouachita parish. The allegation and proof are that the defendant is a foreign corporation having no domicile in the State, but having a general agency and board of directors in the city of New ■Orleans for the conduct of business of the company in Louisiana. This suit was instituted in the parish of Ouachita by means of citation addressed to and served upon J. E. Behen as agent of the defendant company. He…