Martin v. Melland's Inc.

ERICKSTAD, Chief Justice.

The narrow issue on this appeal is who should bear the loss of a truck and an attached haystack mover that was destroyed by fire while in the possession of the plaintiff, Israel Martin (Martin), but after certificate of title had been delivered to the defendant, Melland’s Inc. (Melland’s). The destroyed haymoving unit was to be used as a trade-in for a new haymoving unit that Martin ultimately purchased from Melland’s. Martin appeals from a district court judgment dated September 28, 1978, that dismissed his action on the merits after it found that at the time of its…