Montana v. Gorp

CARROLL, CHAS., Chief Judge.

This appeal, by plaintiff below, is from a summary judgment for defendants in an action for damages for personal injuries.

From the pleadings, admissions, answers to interrogatories and an affidavit, the court had before it the followings facts.

Defendants, carriers, were transporting certain race horses by a semi-trailer van driven by their employee. The plaintiff was a passenger in the capacity of a groom or attendant, hired by the horse owner to care for the horses, and his presence there was required by the defendants.1

The plaintiff charged the defendants with…