Enger v. Midland National Life Insurance

The appeal is by plaintiff from an order vacating and setting aside the service of the summons.

The action is brought by a resident of Illinois to recover upon a policy of life insurance issued in North Dakota by defendant, a South Dakota corporation. The insured lived and died in North Dakota. Defendant is duly licensed to do business and is doing business in this state. The service of the summons was made upon the insurance commissioner of this state, who had been appointed by defendant its attorney in fact to accept service of process “in any action or legal proceeding against said company…