Mikes v. Burnett

Opinion by JUDGE DUNN

¶ 1 Plaintiff, Daniel Mikes, appeals the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of defendants, Lyndon B. Burnett, Joe Craven, and J & V Diller Ranch, LLC. We affirm.

I. Background

¶ 2 In July 2010, steers owned by Burnett and J & V Diller wandered onto neighboring land owned by Lester Friend, where they began separating Friend's cows from their calves.1 As a result, Friend wanted the trespassing steers removed quickly and he asked several individuals, including Mikes, if they would assist him in herding the steers off his property. Mikes, who occasionally…