Legal Opinion
Security National Life Insurance Co. v. Washington
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided April 27, 1955No. 1615PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CAYTON, Chief Judge.
The primary question is whether appellant insurance company, a foreign corporation, is amenable to substituted service of process in a suit on a life insurance policy. Service was made on the Superintendent of Insurance of the District of Columbia, who in turn forwarded copy of the complaint and summons to defendant at its office inSt. Louis, Missouri, as required by Code 1951, § 35-423. That section provides in part: “ * * * every foreign or alien company now or hereafter transacting business in the District, and every foreign or alien company now or hereafter soliciting,…
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- Osborn v. OzlinSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
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3Cited by4 opinions
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- George Washington Life Insurance Co. v. MorganDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1955
- Security National Life Insurance Company v. Beatrice B. WashingtonCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1955