State ex rel. Elberta Peach & Land Co. v. Chicago Bonding & Surety Co.
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. William T. Jones, Judge. 1. Defendant is an insurance company engaged in writing insurance contracts. 2 Bouvier’s Law Dictionary (3 Ed.), p. 1613; Laws 1885, p. 41; Sec. 6013, R. S. 1879; Sec. 7042, R. S. 1909; 2 R. S. 1879, secs. 5987-6010. (a) Defendant was organized as an insuranee company under the laws of Illinois.
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. William T. Jones, Judge. 1. Defendant is an insurance company engaged in writing insurance contracts. 2 Bouvier’s Law Dictionary (3 Ed.), p. 1613; Laws 1885, p. 41; Sec. 6013, R. S. 1879; Sec. 7042, R. S. 1909; 2 R. S. 1879, secs. 5987-6010. (a) Defendant was organized as an insuranee company under the laws of Illinois. The act under which it is formed subjects it to the constant supervision of the Insurance Commissioner of Illinois. No agent of defendant may write a single policy for defendant without incurring a penalty, unless he has gained…
1Opinion of the Court
RAGLAND, C.
This is an action on a receiver’s bond. It was brought in the name of the State of Missouri at the relation and to the use of the Elberta Peach & Land Company against the Chicago Bonding & Surety Company. On motion of defendant a reference of the whole issue was directed by the court, on the ground that the trial would require the examination of a long account. The facts as found by the referee, and as to the correctness of which no question is raised, are substantially as follows:
On January 28, 1915, in a certain cause pending in the Circuit Court for the City of St. Louis,…
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