Shea v. North-Butte Mining Co.
Montana Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court, Silver Bow County; J. J. Lynch, Judge. Action by Murty Shea against the North-Butte Mining Company, a corporation, and Norman Braly. Judgment for defendants dismissing the action. Plaintiff appeals. The method of election provided for in our Workmen’s Compensation Act is wholly unobjectionable, and like methods have been repeatedly affirmed by the courts.
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Appeal from District Court, Silver Bow County; J. J. Lynch, Judge. Action by Murty Shea against the North-Butte Mining Company, a corporation, and Norman Braly. Judgment for defendants dismissing the action. Plaintiff appeals. The method of election provided for in our Workmen’s Compensation Act is wholly unobjectionable, and like methods have been repeatedly affirmed by the courts. (Opinion of the Justices, 209 Mass. 607, 610, 96 N. E. 308; Young v. Duncan, 218 Mass. 346, 106 N. E. 1; Sayles v. Foley, 38 R. I. 484, 96 Atl. 340, 346Sexton v. Newark Dist. Telegraph Co., 84 N. J. L. 85,-86 Atl.…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Brantly
The defendant North-Butte Mining Company is a corporation organized under the laws of the state of Minnesota, and is the owner of mining claims which it is engaged in operating in Silver Bow county. When the cause of action upon which recovery is sought herein arose, the defendant Norman Braly was its superintendent. This action was brought to recover damages for a personal injury alleged to have been suffered by the plaintiff through the negligence of the defendants during the course of his employment as a miner. The complaint is in the ordinary form and alleges facts sufficient to sustain a…
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