OTT v. FIDELITY FINANCE COMPANY

No. 12040.

488 P.2d 1148 (1971)

Frances OTT, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. FIDELITY FINANCE COMPANY, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided September 24, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Leslie Hamner, argued, Butte, for defendant-appellant.

Maffei & Harrington, Maurice A. Maffei, argued, Butte, for plaintiff-respondent.


HASWELL, Justice.

Plaintiff Frances Ott recovered judgment upon a jury verdict against defendant Fidelity Finance Company in the amount of $1,593 covering compensatory and punitive damages for wrongful attachment in the district court of Silver Bow County. Following denial of its motion for a new trial, defendant appeals from this judgment.

In April, 1966, Frances Ott, then Mrs. John Carson, and her husband at that...

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