Oregon,  etc.,  Co.,  2S  Hun,  269.  In  Gihis  v.  Queens  Ins.  Co.,  C3
N.  Y.  114,  it  was  held  that  under  section  427  of  the  old  Code,  which
is  substantially  embodied  in  section  1780,  an  action  may  be  com-
menced in  the  courts  of  this  State  against  a  foreign  fire  insurance
company,  by  the  service  of  a  summons  in  the  form  prescribed  by  the
Code  in  a  civil  action,  and  that  no  other  process  is  required  for  tlie
commencement  or  maintenance  of  the  action.  It  seems  that  the  judg-
ment rendered  in  the  action  should  be  general  in  its  character  and
not  directed  against  any  specific  property.  The  authorities  upon  the
subject  of  bringing  actions  against  absent  non-residents  by  process
not  personally  served,  and  as  to  the  effect  of  judgment  therein,  are
there  collated  and  discussed.  Same  principle,  Burns  v.  Provincial
Ins.  Co.,  35  Barb.  525.  See  Barnett  v.  Chicago,  etc.,  R.  R.  Co..,
4  Hun,  114.  The  legislature  has  the  power  to  provide  for  and
anthorize  the  method  of  service.  Any  service  is  sufficient  which
apprises  the  party  proceeded  against  of  tlie  action,  and  s-ervice  on  a
director  of  a  foreign  corporation  temporarily  in  the  State  is  author-
ized by  statute,  and  no  constitutional  right  of  the  party  is  violated.
