Bard v. Frank B. Hall & Co.

OPINION

GERALD. T. BISSETT, Assigned Justice.

This is an appeal from a district court’s dismissal of a civil action for want of prosecution and the subsequent denial of plaintiff’s motion to reinstate. We affirm.

On May 81, 1985, David T. Bard, the Commissioner of Banking and Insurance for the State of Vermont and Receiver for Ambassador Insurance Company, hereafter “plaintiff,” filed suit against Frank B. Hall & Company, hereafter “defendant,” to recover unpaid insurance premiums allegedly due and unpaid under a general agency contract. Defendant answered with a general denial on July 15, 1985.…