Thompson v. Com. Life Ins. Co.
| Decision Date | 22 October 1945 |
| Docket Number | 35922. |
| Citation | 23 So.2d 539,198 Miss. 515 |
| Court | Mississippi Supreme Court |
| Parties | THOMPSON v. COMMONWEALTH LIFE INS. CO. |
Barnett, Barnett, Jones & Stone, of Jackson for appellant.
Wells Wells, Newman & Thomas, of Jackson, for appellee.
The only question presented by this appeal is whether or not the trial court was in error in sustaining the plea to the jurisdiction as filed by the defendant.
The record discloses that the plaintiff is the beneficiary in a life insurance policy for the sum of $2,500 wherein her husband was the insured. She resides in Rankin County, where the death of her husband occurred. She filed her suit on the policy in the First Judicial District of Hinds County, where process was served on Robert Gandy as the appointed agent for the service of process on the Commonwealth Life Insurance Company a foreign corporation. Service was also had upon the State Insurance Commissioner, who also resides in said Judicial District. The plaintiff relies upon the service had upon the agent appointed by the Insurance Company, the service on the Insurance Commissioner having been obtained upon the theory that plaintiff might be unable to show that the appointment of the agent for service of process was still in force. It was disclosed, however, at the trial that his appointment had never been revoked.
The question as to whether or not the suit can be maintained in Hinds County depends upon the proper construction of Section 1435, Code 1942, which reads as follows: 'Actions against insurance companies may be brought in any county in which a loss may occur, or, if on a life policy, in the county in which the beneficiary resides, and process may be sent to any county, to be served as directed by law; and such actions may also be brought in the county where the principal place of business of such corporation or company may be, and in case of a foreign corporation or company, may be brought in the county where service of process may be had on an agent of such corporation or company or service of process in any suit or action, or any other legal process, may be served upon the insurance commissioner of the state of Mississippi, and such notice will confer jurisdiction on any court in any county in the state where the suit is filed provided the suit is brought in the county where the loss occurred, or in the county in which the plaintiff resides.'
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