Thompson v. Colonial Assurance Co.

The plaintiffs, as a firm, being associated with fourteen other persons, under the name of “ The Individual Underwriters at Commercial Lloyds,” seek in this action to enforce the liability of the defendant upon a contract made by it with the association for the reinsurance of its outstanding risks, and the question raised by the demurrer is whether or not the other members of the association are necessary parties-plaintiff.

There is no room for question that these underwriters constitute an unincorporated association of more than seven persons (Board of Fire Underwriters v. Whipple & Co., 36…