Allen v. Smeding

This is an appeal from a judgment entered in the district court of the fourteenth judicial district, Musselshell County, in favor of the defendant, dismissing plaintiff’s complaint in an action brought by plaintiff to recover for personal injuries sustained while in the employment of defendant.

Defendant, Sam Smeding, was engaged in the livestock business in Musselshell County, Montana, and in the usual course of his' business he maintained and operated an airplane. Plaintiff, Pat Allen, was hired by defendant on October 5, 1957, as a ranch hand to work on the latter’s ranch. Part of…