Farnum v. Montana-Dakota Power Co.

Plaintiff brought this action to recover damages for the loss and destruction by fire of certain personal property belonging to four others who had assigned their respective claims to plaintiff. The first cause of action relates to the destruction of a silage cutter and equipment; the second is to recover for the destruction of a- corn conveyor; the third for the loss of a five-horse power motor; and the fourth for the loss of a thresher belt.

Plaintiff resided on and operated a ranch lying easterly from Miles City along the Yellowstone Trail. On September 8, 1932, the husband of plaintiff and…