Newman v. Kamp

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE JAMES T. HARRISON

delivered the Opinion of the Court.

This is an appeal from a judgment entered in the district court of the eighteenth judicial district.

For purposes of simplicity Yernon E. Newman will be referred to as claimant, Fred Kamp as employer, Truck Insurance Exchange as appellant, and Fireman’s Fund Indemnity Co., as respondent.

On March 20, 1959, claimant was employed as an automobile mechanic by Fred Kamp who operated a garage in Three Forks, Montana. On that date and while in the course of his employment, claimant suffered an injury to his foot when a piece of…