Continental Ins. v. Riggen
Oregon Supreme Court
From Multnomah: Loyal B. Stearns, Judge. Suit by the Continental Insurance Company of New York against S. B. Riggen and wife to foreclose a mortgage. A demurrer to a plea in abatement was sustained and a final decree entered as prayed for, from which defendants, appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Bean.
This is a suit to foreclose a mortgage upon certain real estate in Multnomah County, executed and delivered to the plaintiff by the defendants as security for the payment of a balance due the plaintiff from defendant S. B. Riggen and one T. M. Riggen, former *338agent of the company, for premiums on fire insurance business previously done in this state. The only defense is that the contract upon which the suit is brought is void because at the time of its execution the plaintiff was a fire insurance company organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York,…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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