Mutual Reserve Fund Life Assn. v. Phelps
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT. SbotioN 631, Kentucky statutes, 1899, (Laws 1893, cbap. 171, sec. 94,) reads as follows: “ Sec. 631. Before authority is granted to any foreign insurance company to do business in this State, it must file .with the commissioner a resolution adopted by . its board of directors, consenting that service of process upon any agent of such company in this State, or upon the commissioner of insurance of this State, in…
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APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT. SbotioN 631, Kentucky statutes, 1899, (Laws 1893, cbap. 171, sec. 94,) reads as follows: “ Sec. 631. Before authority is granted to any foreign insurance company to do business in this State, it must file .with the commissioner a resolution adopted by . its board of directors, consenting that service of process upon any agent of such company in this State, or upon the commissioner of insurance of this State, in any action brought or pending in this State, shall be a valid service upon said company; and if process is served upon…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brewer
Many questions were elaborately discussed by counsel both orally and in brief, but we are of the opinion that the decisions of two or three will dispose of the case. First, the service of ; summons on the insurance commissioner, was sufficient to bring the association into the state eourtjis party defendant. It was stipulated between the - parties t,hat the outstanding policies existing between the association and citizens of Kentucky were continued in force after the action of the insurance commissioner on October 10, 1899, and that on said, policies the association had collected and was…
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