Legal Opinion

Rogers v. Metropolitan Life Ins.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided April 21, 1930No. Appeal 87 and 88PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Keller, J.,

The Constitution of this Commonwealth provides (Art. NYI, Sec. 5): “No foreign corporation shall do any business in this State Avithout having one or more known places of business and an authorized agent or agents in the same upon whom process may be served.” Our Supreme Court construing this section said in Carr v. Aetna Accident & Liability Co., 263 Pa. 87, 92, that an act of assembly providing that process against a foreign insurance company could be served only on the insurance commissioner would violate this provision; that, under it, a foreign corporation must have…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Shambe v. Delaware Hudson R. R. Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1926
  2. Carp v. Ætna Accident & Liability Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1919
  3. Spector v. Northwestern Fire and Marine Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1926
  4. De La Vergne Refrigerating Machine Co. v. KolischerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1906
  5. Ben Franklin Coal Co. v. Pennsylvania Water Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1904

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Drury v. ZingarelliSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1962
  2. Andreas v. Paul, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Lehigh County1937
  3. Emery v. Gilkeson, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Chester County1941
  4. Hessling v. Peerless Oil Co., Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Wayne County1935
  5. Petock v. Berskine, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Luzerne County1955

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