BENNETT v. GLACIER GENERAL ASSUR. CO.

No. 87-179.

748 P.2d 464 (1987)

Andrea "Andy" BENNETT, State Auditor and Commissioner of Insurance of the State of Montana, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. GLACIER GENERAL ASSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant, and Missoula Motel Associates, Fairmont Hot Springs, et al., and Missoula Hotel Development Associates, Petitioners in Intervention and Appellants.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided December 31, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Worden, Thane & Haines, Stacey Weldele-Wade, argued, Missoula, for Missoula Motel Associates.

Knight, Dahood, McLean & Everett, Ray J. Dayton, argued, Anaconda, for Fairmont.

Datsopoulos, MacDonald & Lind, Ronald B. MacDonald argued, Missoula, for Missoula Hotel Development Associates.

Robert G. Mullendore, Missoula, Peter C. Pauly, Helena, John A. Donavan, John C. Fauve, Los Angeles, Cal., William H. Coldiron, Helena, Melvin Wald, Los Angeles, Cal., Robert Stephan, Phoenix, Ariz., Betty J. Nguy, Briarcliff Manor, N.Y., Peter Michael Meloy, Helena, Estelle M. Depper, San Francisco, Cal., Charles C. Wehner, Los Angeles, Cal., Donald L. Ostrem, Great Falls, Arthur Shartsis, San Francisco, Cal., James Treece, Los Angeles, Cal., Robert A. Kudra, Chairman, Mont. Guaranty Associates, Great Falls, Flovan L. Fink & Leslie Michael, Los Angeles, Cal., for other petitioners in intervention and appellants.

Erdmann & Wright, Charles E. Erdmann, argued, Helena, for Glacier General Assur. Co.

Robert Throssell, State Auditor's Office, Helena, for plaintiff and respondent.


HARRISON, Justice.

This is the appeal of an order from the First Judicial District, Lewis and Clark County. The order dismissed the petitions of the three intervenors in the liquidation of Glacier General Assurance Company (Glacier). We affirm.

We consider one issue on appeal. Did the District Court err when it dismissed for lack of jurisdiction each intervenor's petition for return of funds on deposit?

In 1984, Missoula Motel Associates (MMA) borrowed...

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