Stone v. Travelers Insurance

The defendant, a non-resident insurance company, incorporated under the laws of the state of Connecticut, was sued by the plaintiff in the common pleas court of Linn county on the 12th day of April, 1880. The writ of summons was directed to the sheriff of St. Louis city, commanding him to summon the “ proper officer of the Travelers Insurance Company of Hartford, Connecti*656cut, to appear,” etc., before said common pleas court. This writ was returned executed by tbe sheriff of St. Louis city by delivering a copy of tbe petition and writ “ to Horace Power, state agent of tbe Travelers Insurance…