Legal Opinion

Biggs v. Life Association.

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided March 5, 1901PublishedCited by 14 opinions

ActioN by Noah Biggs against the Mutual Reserve Fund Life Association, heard by Judge A. L. Goble, upon agreed state of facts, at November Term, 1900, of Halifax County Superior Court. Erom a judgment for defendant, the plaintiff appealed.

1Opinion of the CourtC'laRK, J.

By virtue of chap. 54, sec. 62, sub-sec. 3, Laws 1899, one of the conditions precedent upon which a foreign, insurance company should be authorized to do business in this State was that such company should file a duly executed instrument with the Insurance Commissioner, appointing" him its attorney upon whom all lawful process against said company could be served^ “the authority thereof shall continue in force irrevocable so long as any liability of the company remains outstanding in this Commonwealth.” The defendant accepted these terms, and on 13th April, 1899, filed its duly executed power…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Paul v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1869
  2. Sparks v. National Masonic Accident Ass'nSupreme Court of Iowa · 1896
  3. Gibson v. Manufacturers' Fire & Marine InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1887
  4. Green v. Equitable Mutual Life & Endowment Ass'n of WaterlooSupreme Court of Iowa · 1898
  5. Strause Bros. v. Aetna Fire InsuranceSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1900

3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Hunter v. Mutual Reserve Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1910
  2. Woodward v. . Mutual Reserve Life Ins. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1904
  3. Scott v. Life Ass'nSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1905
  4. Scott v. . Life AssociationSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1905
  5. Moore v. Mutual Reserve Fund Life Ass'nSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1901

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