Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Co. v. Broadie

HOGAN, Judge.

In this declaratory judgment action, plaintiff Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company sought an adjudication of its duties under the omnibus clause of an automobile policy issued to Bland Smallie. Plaintiff Smallie died while the action was pending, and plaintiff Roy Anderson, his personal representative, was substituted as a party plaintiff. Farm Bureau appeals from the trial court’s finding and declaration that defendant William Duane Smallie was covered by Bland’s policy as an “insured” on July 9, 1971.

During the summer of 1971, Duane Smal-lie was visiting his grandfather,…