Bauer Ranch, Inc. v. Mountain West Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance

Mountain West Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company appeals from a judgment entered against it in favor of Bauer Ranch, Inc. and R. F. Bauer in the District Court of the Second Judicial District, Silver Bow County.

We affirm the District Court judgment.

On December 8, 1982, a 1979 White Freightliner tractor owned by Bauer was totally destroyed by collision at a time when it was covered under an insurance policy issued by Mountain West to Bauer. Mountain West raises two issues in this appeal, first, that the White Freightliner tractor was at the time of its destruction leased or rented to Craig…