REPORTS

OF

CASES ARGUED AND DETERMINED

IN THE

SUPREME COURT

OF THE

STATE OF MONTANA

FROM NOVEMBER 10, 1916, TO MAY 31, 1917

OFFICIAL REPORT

VOLUME 53

SAN FRANCISCO
BANCROFT-WHITNEY COMPANY

Copyright, 1917,

BY

BANCROFT-WHITNEY COMPANY

OCT 11 1917

SAN FRANCISCO

THE FILMER BROTHERS ELECTROTYPE COMPANY
TYPOGRAPHERS AND STEREOTYPERS

OFFICERS OF THE COURT:

*S. CLARENCE FORD, Attorney General.
FRANK WOODY, Asst. Attorney General.

R. L. MITCHELL, Asst. Attorney General.

ALBERT A. GRORUD, Asst. Attorney General.
JAMES T. CARROLL, Clerk.

MARSHALL N. RACE, Marshal.

AUGUST C. SCHNEIDER, Court Stenographer.

*Elected November 7, 1916, to succeed Joseph B. Poindexter.

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ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELORS AT LAW.

Admitted from December 4, 1916, to July 9, 1917.

ABERNETHY, H. A., May 7, 1917.
ARONSON, AXEL T., June 12, 1917.

BACON, WILLIAM C., June 12, 1917.

BAREFOOT, CHAS. R., February 13, 1917.
BENNETT, ORRIS, January 15, 1917.
BOYINGTON, FLOYD A., May 7, 1917.
BRANDMEIER, JOHN F., May 7, 1917.
BUNSTON, H. W., March 13, 1917.
BURKE, J. E., July 2, 1917.
BURKE, T. H., January 8, 1917.
BURKE, W. J., July 9, 1917.
BYRNE, E. W. JR., July 9, 1917.

CARMODY, GEO. C., June 12, 1917.
CLEARY, GEO. E., February 7, 1917.
CLINE, EARL V., February 13, 1917.
CONNOLLY, J. E., December 18, 1916.
COURSOLLE, N. M., April 10, 1917.
CUNNINGHAM, R. E., December 11, 1916.

DAVIS, HORACE S., January 2, 1917.
DE BARDELEBEN, J. ARTHUR, May 14, 1917.
DICK, R. L., June 12, 1917.

EMIGH, JOHN F., December 19, 1916.

FARLEY, ALFRED E., June 12, 1917.
FERNCASE, HENRY G., April 2, 1917.
FRARY, G. S., January 20, 1917.
FRIDAY, R. C. M., June 11, 1917.

GEORGIADES, J., June 12, 1917.

GOLDSMITH, W. A., February 26, 1917.
GRAHAM, JOHN C., July 9, 1917.

GREGG, JOHN P., March 26, 1917.

HAYS, JOHN T., May 21, 1917.

HODSON, CHAS. M., May 28, 1917.

HOFFMAN, DONALD, January 26, 1917.

HOLZMAN, MATTHIAS M., December 18, 1916.

IRVINE, THOS. B., July 2, 1917.

JENKINS, R. D., July 2, 1917.

JOHNSON, HOWARD A., July 2, 1917.
JONES, GRANVILLE, February 19, 1917.
JUDSON, HORACE W., January 22, 1917.

KEERAN, JOHN F., July 2, 1917.

LAMB JOSEPH E., February 6, 1917.
LAMBERT, H. T. July 2, 1917.
LONG, WILLIAM G., January 8, 1917.

MCCAMENT, GEO. G., March 26, 1917.
MCGRATH, DANIEL J., January 29, 1917.