Dixon v. Order of Railway Conductors of America
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Wisconsin
At Law.' Action by Mary Dixon against the Order of Railway Conductors of America to recover upon an insurance certificate. Heard on motion to vacate the service of process and dismiss the action.
1Opinion of the Court
Jenkins, District Judge.
This suit was brought in a court of the state of Wisconsin, and removed into this court by the defendant. The plaintif claims under a certain certificate of insurance, issued in 1885 upon the life of her deceased husband by the “Order of Railway Conductors,” then an unincorporated association, subsequently, and in 1887, incor-po *ated under the laws of the state of Iowa, ’and having its general offices within that state. The summons was served in November, 1890, (T upon W. P. Daniels, the grand secretary of the order, and a resident of the state of Iowa, while…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Cooper Manufacturing Co. v. FergusonSupreme Court of the United States · 1885
- State v. United States Mutual Accident Ass'nWisconsin Supreme Court · 1887
- State v. Northwestern Endowment & Legacy Ass'nWisconsin Supreme Court · 1885
- McNair v. ReweyWisconsin Supreme Court · 1885
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- Frawley, Bundy & Wilcox v. Pennsylvania Casualty Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Middle Pennsylvania · 1903
- Hildebrand v. United ArtisansOregon Supreme Court · 1905