Folger v. Columbian Insurance
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Trustee process, by a citizen of Massachusetts against an insurance company incorporated under the laws of New York, and having an agent duly appointed under the Gen. Sts. c. 58, § 68, to receive service of process in Massachusetts, on whom service was made in this action ; upon policies of insurance written by the defendant corporation at Boston on the plaintiff’s interest in the ship Spark of the Ocean.
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Trustee process, by a citizen of Massachusetts against an insurance company incorporated under the laws of New York, and having an agent duly appointed under the Gen. Sts. c. 58, § 68, to receive service of process in Massachusetts, on whom service was made in this action ; upon policies of insurance written by the defendant corporation at Boston on the plaintiff’s interest in the ship Spark of the Ocean. Writ dated March 22, 1866. John L. Priest, one of the parties summoned as trustees, admitted in his answer the possession of funds belonging to the corporation. In the superior court George…
1Opinion of the CourtGray, J.
A corporation, being an artificial person, created by local Jaws, has no existence or powers beyond the jurisdiction of the state by whose laws it is created, except so far, and under such restrictions and conditions, as may be recognized and permitted by the laws and comity of other states. In this state, hovyever, as in most others, a foreign corporation may make contracts within the scope of its charter, and may sue and be sued thereon. Bank of Augusta v. Earle, 13 Pet. 519. Kennebec Co. v. Augusta Insurance & Banking Co. 6 Gray, 208. American Insurance Co. v. Owen, 15 Gray, 491. By the…
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