Nebraska National Guard v. Morgan

Redick, District Judge.

This is an action under the workmen’s compensation law. The plaintiff, Fred J. Morgan, recovered an award before the compensation commissioner, which was confirmed on appeal to the district court for Lancaster county and a decree entered in favor of plaintiff. The defendant, Nebraska National Guard, has appealed to this court.

The facts out of which the controversy arises are substantially as follows: An encampment of the Nebraska National Guard was to be held in August, 1923, at grounds furnished for that purpose by the United States government near the city of Ashland,…