Ellinghouse v. Ajax Livestock Co.
Montana Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court, Beaverhead, County; J. B. Poindexter, Judge. Action by Rickard Ellinghouse against tbe Ajax Livestock Company. From a judgment for defendant, and an order denying him a new trial, plaintiff appeals. What acts of a servant are within the course of his employment must be determined by general and broad principles of law in each particular case. No hard-and-fast rule can be laid down.
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Appeal from District Court, Beaverhead, County; J. B. Poindexter, Judge. Action by Rickard Ellinghouse against tbe Ajax Livestock Company. From a judgment for defendant, and an order denying him a new trial, plaintiff appeals. What acts of a servant are within the course of his employment must be determined by general and broad principles of law in each particular case. No hard-and-fast rule can be laid down. A clear rule to determine whether a servant’s acts are within or without the course of his employment can be found in Labatt, Master & Servant (2d ed.) sec. 2274; see, also, sections…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Brantly
Plaintiff brought this action for damages for the loss of his right hand through the alleged negligence of the defendant. At the trial the court sustained defendant’s motion for nonsuit. Judgment was entered accordingly. Plaintiff has appealed.
At the time of the accident plaintiff, with four others, was employed by C. H. Strowbridge and Fred H. Holman in the operation of an ordinary circular woodsaw which was‘propelled by steam. Strowbridge and Holman had contracted with the defendant, through Jacob Louk, the foreman in charge of the ranch, to saw a quantity of logs into lengths rendering…
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