Gladys Hall Hamrick Smith, Individually and as of the Estate of Bethel T. Smith, Deceased v. State Farm Fire and Casualty Company

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• noting that an absent trustee’s ability to protect his interest was not significantly impaired where “[i]t is clear from the record that the trustee was aware of this litigation yet did not attempt to be made a party”
• “[Findings of indispensability must be based on stated pragmatic considerations, especially the effect on parties and on litigation.”
• absent party’s failure to intervene was evidence that, as a practical matter, its interests were not at stake

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