REPORTS

OF

CASES ARGUED AND DETERMINED

IN THE

SUPREME COURT

OF THE

STATE OF MONTANA

FROM JANUARY 24, 1916, TO NOVEMBER 10, 1916

OFFICIAL REPORT

VOLUME 52

SAN FRANCISCO
BANCROFT-WHITNEY COMPANY

Copyright, 1916

BY

BANCROFT-WHITNEY COMPANY

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TYPOGRAPHERS AND STEREOTYPERS

JUSTICES

OF

THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MONTANA,

DURING THE TIME OF THESE REPORTS.

*THE HON. THEO. BRANTLY, Chief Justice.

THE HON. SYDNEY SANNER,

THE HON. WILLIAM L. HOLLOWAY,

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Associate Justices.

OFFICERS OF THE COURT:

JOSEPH B. POINDEXTER, Attorney General.
W. H. POORMAN, Asst. Attorney General.

J. H. ALVORD, Asst. Attorney General.

CHAS. S. WAGNER, Asst. Attorney General.

JAMES T. CARROLL, Clerk.

MARSHALL N. RACE, Marshal.

AUGUST C. SCHNEIDER, Court Stenographer.

*Re-elected November 7, 1916.

+ Elected November 7, 1916, to succeed himself, after appointment.

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