Thompson v. Yellowstone Livestock Commission

HONORABLE T. E. DOWNEY, District Judge,

(sitting in place of MR. JUSTICE BOTTOMLY) :

This action was brought by plaintiff against defendant to recover for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by reason of an unruly and fractious cow striking him with hoofs and falling up him while he was on the premises of defendant as an invitee.

The complaint alleges that defendant is a corporation with its principal place of business at Sidney, Montana, there engaged in business as a livestock commission and operating a public livestock market; that on January 6, 1954, and for a long time prior…