RICHARD v. WESTERN FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY

Civ. No. 5-57-1.

161 F.Supp. 115 (1958)

Chester L. RICHARD, dba McKenzie Machine Shop, aka McKenzie Machine Company, and H. William Gillespie, dba Gillespie Machine Company, Plaintiffs, v. The WESTERN FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, a Kansas Corporation and the Yorkshire Insurance Company, a New York Corporation, Defendants.

United States District Court D. Minnesota, Fifth Division.

April 24, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Manthey, Carey, Manthey, O'Leary & Trenti, by Thomas J. Manthey and Milton W. Logan, Virginia, Minn., for plaintiffs.

Carroll, Thorson, Anderson & Cronon, by Frank X. Cronon, Minneapolis, Minn., for defendants.


DONOVAN, District Judge.

This matter is before the court by reason of plaintiff Richard's alternative motions for judgment or a new trial. The court directed a verdict in favor of defendants and against plaintiff Gillespie. The jury returned a verdict for defendants in Richard's case.

For convenience, plaintiffs will be referred to as "Richard" and "Gillespie" and defendants as "Western" and "Yorkshire", respectively. A short statement of the case, facts and...

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