72 Vt. 101 | Vt. | 1900
The declaration alleges that the Fidelity Mutual Eire Insurance Company of Philadelphia issued and delivered certain fire insurance policies to the defendant, who thereby became a member of the company and bound to pay all assessments, within certain limits, duly levied upon him by the directors; that certain assessments were duly levied, and that the defendant refused to pay the am'ount due from him. The action is brought in the name of the company’s receiver who was duly appointed by a competent court in Philadelphia. The
The question of the right of a party to maintain an action '■at law in his own name, when he has not the legal title to the property in controversy, is decided in Murtey, Receiver, v. Allen, 71 Vt. 377. For the reasons stated in that case, the gyro forma judgment, overruling the demurrer and adjudging the declaration and amendments thereto sufficient, reversed’, demurrer sustained; declaration and amendments adjudged insufficient, and cause remanded.