Rowland v. Klies

Carl Rowland appeals a Jefferson County District Court order granting partial summary judgment to the respondent, Forrest Klies. The two issues on appeal are, (1) whether the District Court erred in granting summary judgment to respondent where the Judge previously sitting on this case had denied respondent’s motion for summary judgment; and (2 ) whether the District Court properly entered partial summary judgment in respondent’s favor. We affirm.

In the summer of 1979, appellant was camping out in the mountains near Basin, Montana, on the property of his friend, Leon Dolence. Appellant is,…