Hartford Fire Insurance Company, a Corporation v. Hoyt W. Herrald, Leda Herrald, and First Doe

Appellant, Hartford Fire Insurance Company, appeals from an order of the district court made and entered on August 26, 1969, which, in part relevant to our discussion, denied appellant’s motion “to join one Mitchel Kaufman as a party defendant” to the action, and denied appellant’s “motion to amend its complaint to assert, among other allegations, that the defendant sued as First Doe in the original complaint was Mitchel Kaufman.”

On November 23, 1966, plaintiff [appellant] filed a complaint in declaratory relief naming as defendants, Hoyt W. Herrald, Leda Herrald and First Doe. The complaint…