Western Life Indemnity Co. of Ill. v. Rupp
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF KENTUCKY. The facts, which involve the validity of a judgment based on substituted service, and the validity under the Fourteenth Amendment of the practice of the Kentucky courts in regard to special appearances and also questions arising under the full faith and credit clause of the Federal Constituion, are stated in the opinion.
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ERROR TO THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF KENTUCKY. The facts, which involve the validity of a judgment based on substituted service, and the validity under the Fourteenth Amendment of the practice of the Kentucky courts in regard to special appearances and also questions arising under the full faith and credit clause of the Federal Constituion, are stated in the opinion. A foreign insurance company sued in a state court of Kentucky cannot lawfully be summoned by a substituted service on the State Insurance Commissioner, unless it has been licensed to do business in the State, and has…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Pitney
In September, 1907, plaintiff in error, an Illinois corporation organized under the general laws of that State applicable to life insurance, issued to one George McCormick, a resident of Louisville, Kentucky, two policies, each insuring his life in the suni of $1,000, for the benefit of his nephew, Clarence Rupp, if living, otherwise for the benefit of the executors of the insured. After the death of the insured, which occurred in the same year, the present action was brought by Rupp against the Company in the Jefferson Circuit Court at Louisville. His petition set forth his relationship to…
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