Ballard v. Vollestedt Kerr Lumber Co.

MR. JUSTICE JOHN C. HARRISON,

delivered the Opinion of the Court.

This is an appeal from a summary judgment for defendants entered in the district court of the fourteenth judicial district, Meagher County. Plaintiff Boyce R. Ballard brought the ac tion to recover damages for personal injuries received as a result of alleged negligence of defendants Vollestedt Kerr Lumber Company and Yambill Lumber Co.

Defendants operated a saw mill at White Sulphur Springs, Montana. In 1968 plaintiff entered into a contract with defendants to haul logs to the White Sulphur Springs Mill. In the logging contract,…