The Lafayette Ins. Co. v. FRENCH
Supreme Court of the United States
This case was brought up, by a writ of error, from the circuit court of the United States for the district -of Indiana. In 1836, the' legislature of Indiana chartered the Lafayette Insurance Company with the usual powers of a company to insure against losses by fire. . Their principal office or place of business was at Lafayette, in Indiana, but they also had an office at Cincinnati, in the county of' Hamilton and State of Ohio.
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This case was brought up, by a writ of error, from the circuit court of the United States for the district -of Indiana. In 1836, the' legislature of Indiana chartered the Lafayette Insurance Company with the usual powers of a company to insure against losses by fire. . Their principal office or place of business was at Lafayette, in Indiana, but they also had an office at Cincinnati, in the county of' Hamilton and State of Ohio. At the latter place, the agent issued a policy to the defendants in error, to insure certain property against fire, which was afterwards consumed. An action was…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Curtis
delivered the opinion"of the court..This is.a writ of error to the circuit court of the United. States for the district of Indiana, in an action of debt on a judgment recovered in the commercial court of Cincinnati, in the State of Ohio. In the declaration, the plaintiffs are averred to be citizens of Ohio ; and they “ complain .of the Lafayette Insurance Company, a citizen of the State of Indiana.” This averment is not sufficient to show jurisdiction. It does not appear from it that the- Lafayette Insurance Company is a corporation; or, if it be such, by the law of what State it was created.…
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