Bartsch v. Irvine Company

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE JAMES T. HARRISON

delivered the Opinion of the Court.

This is an appeal by defendant from a judgment entered in favor of plaintiff.

The plaintiff-respondent is Ronald D. Bartsch, administrator of the estate of Deanna L. Bartsch, deceased, and will be referred to as plaintiff or by name. The defendant-appellant is Heckman & Shell, a co-partnership, and will be referred to as defendant.

The facts of this case are these: On October 5,' 1965, Mr. Bartsch was returning to his home in Bozeman, Montana, from a business trip to Whitehall, Montana. Mr. Bartsch’s wife Deanna and his two…