Cromwell v. Royal Canadian Insurance

The Act of 1868, ch, 471, sec. 211, provides that suits against foreign corporations exercising franchises in this State, may be brought in any of the Courts of this State, “by a resident of this State for any cause of action; and by a plaintiff not a resident of this State, when the cause of action has arisen, or the subject of the action shall be situated, in this State.’-’ In the case of Myer vs. the Liverpool, London, and Globe Ins. Co., Garnishee of Bitlinger & Bro., 40 Md., 595, it was decided that to bring a case within the first clause of this provision the liability sought to be…