Sloss-Sheffield Steel & Iron Co. v. Maryland Casualty Co.
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Jefferson Chancery Court. Heard before Hon. A. H. Bennees. Bill by the Maryland Casualty Company against the SI oss-Sheffield Steel & Iron Company for a discovery, and on such discovery for an accounting on its liability insurance contract with respondent corporation. From a decree overruling demurrers to the bill respondents appeal.
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Appeal from Jefferson Chancery Court. Heard before Hon. A. H. Bennees. Bill by the Maryland Casualty Company against the SI oss-Sheffield Steel & Iron Company for a discovery, and on such discovery for an accounting on its liability insurance contract with respondent corporation. From a decree overruling demurrers to the bill respondents appeal. Counsel discuss the allegations of the bill and conclude that they are not sufficient to show compliance with the law relative to a foreign corporation doing business in Alabama, but cite no authority. Counsel insist that the bill is not for discovery…
1Opinion of the CourtMayfield, J.
Appellee, a casualty insurance company, had a contract of insurance with the appellant by which it insured appellant against loss or liability to its employees, and the premiums of these insur*559anee policies were based upon the number of employees engaged by appellant] and by which it was provided that appellee insurance company should have the right at all reasonable times to inspect the books of the appellant corporation, so far as they related to the number of the employees and to the wages paid. Said contract contained also the provision “that, if the wages actually paid during said period…
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