Horace Gray

“ To compel suitors in admiralty, when the ship is abroad, and cannot be reached by a libel in rem, to resort to the home of the defendant, and to prevent them from suing him in any district in which he might be served with a summons or his goods or credits attached, would not only often put them to great delay, incon venience, and expense, but would in many cases amount to a denial of justice. ”

“ Courts of admiralty are established for the settlement of disputes between persons engaged in commerce and navigation, who, on the one hand, may be absent from theirh omes for long periods of time, and, on the other hand, often have property or credits in other places. ”

“ Feb. 26, 1877, No. 21, no insurance company organized under the laws of any other state shall take risks or transat any business through an agent in Louisiana, without having filed in the office of the secretary of state a certified copy of a vote of its directors appointing such an agent there to transact business, and to take risks, accompanied by a warrant of appointment from the company containing an express consent that service of legal process on him shall be as valid as if served on the company. ”