Mobile Life Insurance v. Pruett
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Barbour. Tried before the lion. H. D. Clayton. This action was brought by ¥m. H. Pruett against the appellant, a domestic corporation, and was founded on a policy of insurance, which the plaintiff had effected with said corporation, on the life of his-wife, Mrs. Ann B. Pruett.
Read the full summary
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Barbour. Tried before the lion. H. D. Clayton. This action was brought by ¥m. H. Pruett against the appellant, a domestic corporation, and was founded on a policy of insurance, which the plaintiff had effected with said corporation, on the life of his-wife, Mrs. Ann B. Pruett. The assured died on or about the 10th November, 1880, and the action was commenced on the 31st January, 1881. The policy was for $2,500, and was dated the 19th April, 1879; the annual premium was $6"U2, “to be paid on or before the 31st day of October in every year, during the…
1Opinion of the Court
BRICKELL, O. J.
— The demurrers to the pleas in abatement were properly sustained. A suit against a corporation, foreign or domestic, may be maintained, when in its nature the cause of action is transitory, founded upon a matter or transac*496tion which might have taken place anywhere, in any county in which the corporation transacts business by agents, without regard to its proprietorship of real estate, or its principal place of business. — Sess. Acts 1878-9, p. 197; Home Protection Ins. Co. v. Richards, ante, p. 466.
The policy of life-assurance, upon which the action is founded,. “ is not an…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- New York Life Insurance v. StathamSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
- Insurance Co. v. WolffSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
- Thompson v. Insurance Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1881
- Insurance Co. v. MowrySupreme Court of the United States · 1878
- Phoenix Ins. Co. v. DosterSupreme Court of the United States · 1882
5 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by17 opinions
- United Order of Golden Cross v. HooserSupreme Court of Alabama · 1909
- Lechler v. Montana Life InsuranceNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1921
- McDonald v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United StatesSupreme Court of Iowa · 1918
- Rush v. Foos Manufacturing Co.Indiana Court of Appeals · 1898
- Feore v. TrammelSupreme Court of Alabama · 1925
12 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.