Stevens v. Henningsen Produce Co.
Montana Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court, Silver Bow Countyj J. J. Lynch, Judge. Action by Robert W. Stevens against the Henningsen Produce Company. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals from it and an order denying his motion for a new trial. The court’s action in sustaining the objection to the question whether it was customary to move the elevator at any time without a signal was error. (Crooker v. Pacific Lounge etc. Co., 34 Wash. 191, 75 Pac. 632; Legue v. Madison Gas etc.
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Appeal from District Court, Silver Bow Countyj J. J. Lynch, Judge. Action by Robert W. Stevens against the Henningsen Produce Company. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals from it and an order denying his motion for a new trial. The court’s action in sustaining the objection to the question whether it was customary to move the elevator at any time without a signal was error. (Crooker v. Pacific Lounge etc. Co., 34 Wash. 191, 75 Pac. 632; Legue v. Madison Gas etc. Co., 133 Wis. 547, 113 N. W. 946; Leary v. Anaconda Copper Min. Co., 36 Mont. 157, 92 Pac. 477.) It was proper for…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Brantry
Action for damages for a personal injury suffered by plaintiff during the course of his employment by defendant. The trial in the district court resulted in a judgment in favor of the defendant after an order sustaining its motion for a nonsuit. *312Plaintiff has appealed from the judgment and an order denying his motion for a new trial.
The following narrative of facts is gathered from the complaint: On January 11, 1912, the defendant was conducting a warehouse and cold-storage business in the city of Butte. It occupied a brick building consisting of three stories and a basement. Besides…
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- Hollenback v. Stone & Webster Engineering Corp.Montana Supreme Court · 1913
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