Appalachian Insurance v. Betts

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Fontron, J.:

This appeal stems from an order of the district court of Rawlins County, Kansas, dismissing the plaintiff’s lawsuit for lack of jurisdiction.

In its petition the plaintiff, Appalachian Insurance Company of Providence, to whom we shall refer as Appalachian, alleges that the Commodity Credit Corporation, a federal instrumentality, hereafter sometimes called CCC, entered into a uniform grain storage agreement with the defendant, James R. Betts d/b/a James R. Betts Grain Company, the agreement to be effective July 1, 1969; that under this…