Ex Parte New England Mut. Life Ins. Co.

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This petition for a writ of mandamus relates to an action pending in the Circuit Court of Barbour County. The petition presents three questions: first, whether Barbour County is a proper venue for a personal injury action involving claims arising out of an insurance policy sold in Montgomery County; second, whether under § 6-3-5, Ala. Code 1975, the presence of life insurance policyholders in a county constitutes the insurer's "doing business" in that county for…