Watkins v. Williamson

MR. JUSTICE CASTLES:

This is an appeal from a judgment for defendant and against plaintiff on the verdict of a jury in an action for personal in*47juries sustained when defendant’s truck plunged into a culvert washout near Monarch, Montana.

On June 3, 1953, in Cascade County, a flood disaster occurred, affecting the community near Monarch, Montana, causing great distress from fear of loss of life, limb and property, and people were in dire need of help.

The plaintiff, defendant, and other of their neighbors were gathered for the purpose of combatting the flood in the small town of Raynesford. Word…