Fetter Livestock Co. v. National Farmers Union Property & Casualty Co.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

JAMESON, Chief Judge.

Plaintiff, Fetter Livestock Company, is a family corporation operating a farm and ranch near Harlowton, Montana. In a Montana state court Richard Vogel was awarded a judgment of $80,000 against Fetter Livestock Company for personal injuries sustained on the farm premises on August 10, 1960, when a burning barn exploded, casting burning debris upon Vogel and Wallace Fetter, president of the corporation. This judgment was affirmed by the Supreme Court of Montana on August 11, 1964. 144 Mont. 127, 394 P.2d 766.

The defendant, National Farmers Union Property…