Poor v. Madison River Power Co.
Montana Supreme Court
'Appeal from District Court, Gallatin County; J. M. Clements, Judge of Che First Judicial District, presiding. Action by J. R. Poor, as administrator of Amos R. Howerton, deceased, against the Madison River Power Company and another. From a judgment for plaintiff and an order denying a motion for new trial, defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Brantlt
Action by the plaintiff as administrator of Amos R. Howerton, deceased, for damages for- the death of said Howerton, caused by his coming in contact with a highly charged wire in the electric substation of defendant at Bozeman, in Gallatin county, while he was in the employ of the defendants therein as a carpenter. A statement of the case sufficient to give a clear idea of the issues involved will be found in the opinion of this court on a former appeal. (38 Mont. 341, 99 Pac. 947.) At the close of the evidence on the first trial, the district judge, on motion of defendants, directed a…
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