Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co. v. Strain Poultry Farms, Inc.

Deen, Presiding Judge.

Paul and Barbara Bell brought suit against Strain Poultry Farms, Inc., and Loye Wilson to recover $75,000 in property and equipment damages sustained on December 20,1979, from a fire in their chickenhouse. The Bells contracted with Strain Poultry Farms to sell them 20,000 chickens and Strain, in turn, had contracts with Wilson to catch and to haul chickens. Before the fire, Strain obtained a casualty insurance policy from Hartford which named Wilson as the insured and “Cagles, Inc., and Strain Poultry Farms” as additional insureds. During the chicken-catching operation…