120 N.Y.S. 161 | N.Y. App. Div. | 1909
The defendant is a foreign insurance company organized under the laws of the Republic of Switzerland, having its office in the city of St. Gall, Switzerland, On the 19th day of February, 1896, in compliance with section 30 of the Insurance Law (Gen. Laws, chap. 38; Laws of 1892, chap. 690), it executed and filed in the office- of the Superintendent of Insurance of this State a written appointment of said Superintendent to be its true and lawful attorney in and for this State, upon whom all legal process ■in any action or proceeding against it might be served. On the 31st of October, 1901, it ceased to transact business in this' State, On the 23d of September, 1907, it executed a revocation of -said power of attorney and filed it with the Superintendent of Insurance, who refused to recognize it and returned it to the defendant’s attorneys. They in turn again delivered it to the - Superintendent, and he again returned it to them. The summons in this action was served on the Superintendent of Insurance on. the 1st day of October, 1909 ; the complaint was not served with the summons and ’ the plaintiff did not attempt on this motion to show the nature of his cause’ of action or how it arose. The defendant still has on.deposit with the State Superintendent of Insurance the sum of $200,000, which it deposited pursuant to section 28 of the Insurance Law.
For the sake of clearness it may be well to ■ quote the material parts of the two’ sections of the statute applicable to this case.
The order should be reversed and the motion granted-.
Burr, Thomas and Rich, JJ., concurred; Jenks, J\, taking no part.
Order reversed, with ten dollars -costs and disbursements, and motion granted, with costs.