Snelling v. National Travelers Benefit Ass'n

Citations

• 102 Kan. 227
• 169 P. 1144
• 1918 Kan. LEXIS 12

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>1. Venue — Action against Foreign Insurance Company. Under section 53 of the civil code, an action against a foreign insurance company to recover upon a policy of insurance may be brought in any county where it may be found, regardless of where the cause of action arose, or of the residence of the plaintiff.</p> <p>2. Same — Construction.of Statute. ■ The provision in the last part of section 53, that an action against a foreign. insurance company may be brought in any county where the cause of action or some part thereof arose, is a permissive and cumulative remedy.</p> <p>3. Same — Foreign'Insurance Company — Service on Licensed General Agent Sufficient. Service upon a duly licensed general agent of the defendant, whose principal office and place of business is in the county and who is vested with full power and authority to appoint and remove all local, special, or soliciting agents of the defendant in a certain territory of the state, is deemed to be sufficient to give the court jurisdiction of the defendant.</p> <p>4. Same — To acquire jurisdiction in the way stated does not violate the fourteenth amendment of the federal constitution.</p>