Detroit Fidelity & Surety Co. v. Priddy

Petitioner is a foreign corporation, organized under the laws of Michigan, engaged in the casualty, fidelity and corporate surety business, and is so engaged in this State in compliance with its laws, with a general agency in Little Rock. It has in compliance with the law designated the Insurance Commissioner of this State, domiciled in Little Rock, Pulaski County, as its agent for service of process. On June 26, 1931, Fred Burnett, Jr., filed a suit against it in the circuit court of Yell County, Arkansas, Dardanelle District, alleging that prior to October 29, 1930, petitioner became surety…