Moffett v. Bozeman Canning Co.

On August 12, 1928, Carl A. Moffett was in the employ of the Bozeman Canning Company, operating under plan 2 of the Workman’s Compensation Act (Rev. Codes 1921, secs. 2978-2989), with the Aetna Life Insurance Company as insurance carrier. The claimant was a strong, able-bodied young man, twenty-four years of age, and was engaged in piling cases of canned peas, which weighed approximately forty pounds, in tiers until they reached a height greater than his own. On the date above mentioned Moffett attempted to swing a case into place, but, by reason of the fact that it was stuck to the case…