ELLIOTT v. SOUTHWESTERN LIFE INS. CO., ETC.

No. 42919.

615 S.W.2d 116 (1981)

Bettie ELLIOTT, Appellant, v. SOUTHWESTERN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF DALLAS, TEXAS, Respondent.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Division Three.

April 21, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. Gregory, St. Louis, for appellant.

Timothy K. Kellett, Armstrong, Teasdale, Kramer & Vaughan, St. Louis, for respondent.


CRIST, Presiding Judge.

The trial court sustained defendant insurance company's motion to dismiss which motion was predicated upon lack of jurisdiction after defendant was personally served with process. The trial court was apparently of a mind that § 375.906, RSMo.1978 was the exclusive method by which to serve process upon licensed foreign insurance companies. We reverse and remand.

Defendant, a foreign insurance company licensed to do business in Missouri...

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