Brooks Realty, Inc. v. Aetna Insurance Co.

Rogosheske, Justice.

Petition for a writ of prohibition directing the District Court of Hennepin County, Fourth Judicial District, and the Honorable Stanley D. Kane, one of the judges thereof, to refrain from proceeding with the trial of pending actions to recover for losses by fire as contemplated by pretrial orders which relators claim improperly limit the issues raised by the pleadings.

The question presented is whether the trial, court erred in limiting the issues by holding that the insurance companies in three pending- actions were estopped from relitigating the defenses of arson and…