Aetna Insurance v. Stringham

CECIL, Senior Circuit Judge.

Aetna Insurance Company, Continental Insurance Company, Fidelity and Casualty Company and United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company, plaintiffs-appellants, were the insurers of a cattle auction barn located at 2159 Rives-Eaton Road in Jackson County, Michigan. The barn was owned by Harold, Phoebe, Clifford and Duane Hanchett and at the time of the fire, hereinafter mentioned, on June 27, 1966, it was leased to Rives Livestock Association. The barn had not been used for cattle auctions for two or three months prior to the fire.

On June 27, 1966, two seven year old…