Thompson v. Shanley

HONORABLE FRANK P. LEIPER, District Judge,

sitting in place of MR. JUSTICE GALEN, disqualified, delivered the opinion of the court.

This litigation is the outgrowth of a collision between two automobiles, the- one a Chevrolet driven by the plaintiff, William R. Thompson; the other driven by the defendant Shanley. The collision occurred on August 9, 1930, at a point on the Roosevelt Highway about fifteen miles east of Belton, in Flathead county.

The plaintiff claims compensatory damages on account of injury done to the automobile which he was driving, and exemplary damages as well. The defendant…