Miller v. Metropolitan Life Insurance

Opinion by

Rice, P. J.,

This action of assumpsit was begun before a justice of the peace. The summons was served upon George A. Johnson, local agent of the defendant company, at Lock Haven, Pa., at the office and place of the company for receiving premiums. Upon the return day, as shown by the justice’s transcript, George A. Johnson appeared before the justice and requested a continuance for the defendant until a later day, which was granted. Upon this later date the defendant did not appear and after judgment had been entered in the plaintiff’s favor a certiorari was sued out. The common pleas…