Hass v. Security Insurance Co. of New Haven

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Garrison, J.

Judgment by default in an action on a policy of insurance having been entered, the defendant, a foreign corporation, now seeks.,to have the judgment'vacated *389and the service of the summons set aside, upon the ground that Charles Selvage, on whom the service was made by the sheriff, was not an officer, director, agent, clerk or engineer of the corporation, as required by section 88 of the act concerning corporations. Rev., p. 193.

The testimony taken under the rule to show cause discloses that Selvage was agent for the Niagara Fire Insurance…