Sampson v. Northwestern National Life Insurance

This action was brought to recover upon a contract of insurance entered into by the Odd Fellows Annuity Association of Iowa, the obligations of which the plaintiff alleges were assumed by the defendant, the Northwestern National Life Insurance Company of Minnesota, in consideration of the transfer to the defendant of all the assets and obligations of the Odd Fellows Annuity Association. The defendant filed a motion to quash the service of summons on the ground that the state auditor, upon whom the service was made in Lancaster county, was not *320authorized to receive or accept such service. This…