REPORTS

OF

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CASES ARGUED AND DETERMINED

IN THE

SUPREME COURT

OF THE

STATE OF MONTANA

FROM FEBRUARY 5, 1912, TO JUNE 17, 1912

OFFICIAL REPORT

VOLUME 45

SAN FRANCISCO
BANCROFT-WHITNEY COMPANY

COPYRIGHT, 1912

BY

BANCROFT-WHITNEY COMPANY

SAN FRANCISCO
THE FILMER BROTHERS ELECTROTYPE COMPANY
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. HENRY C. SMITH,

Associate Justices.

THE HON. WILLIAM L. HOLLOWAY,

OFFICERS OF THE COURT:

ALBERT J. GALEN, Attorney General.

W. H. POORMAN, Asst. Attorney General.
J. A. POORE, Asst. Attorney General.

W. S. TOWNER, Asst. Attorney General.

JOHN T. ATHEY, Clerk.

MARSHALL N. RACE, Marshal.

'AUGUST C. SCHNEIDER, Court Stenographer.

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ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELORS AT LAW.

Admitted from April 1, 1912, to September 16, 1912.
ARNETT, THOMAS F., Admitted June 12, 1912.
BLACK, W. M., Admitted May 20, 1912.
BURKE, EDWARD W., Admitted April 17, 1912.

CAMPBELL, JOHN L., Admitted June 14, 1912.
COLE, BURTON R., Admitted June 13, 1912.
COURTNAGE, RALPH E., Admitted September 9, 1912.
COWEE, ELMER W., Admitted May 13, 1912.

HEDER, J. A., Admitted September 9, 1912.
HENLEY, J. F., Admitted May 2, 1912.

HOPKINS, RUFUS, Admitted September 16, 1912.

JOHNSON, BRUCE B., Admitted September 9, 1912.
JUDA, RALEIGH L., Admitted June 11, 1912.
JUSTESON, B. M., Admitted April 22, 1912.
JUTTNER, CHARLES F., Admitted April 22, 1912.
KIRTON, H. M., Admitted September 9, 1912.
LESAGE, GEORGE V., Admitted September 9, 1912.
MELTON, GEORGE M., Admitted September 9, 1912.
MILES, CLARENCE E., Admitted May 20, 1912.
MILES, CORA C., Admitted June 17, 1912.
MURPHY, GEORGE J., Admitted June 25, 1912.

O'FLYNN, JAMES B., Admitted June 12, 1912.

PLUMMER, LORENZO T., Admitted June 24, 1912.

SCHWEBEL, MAX, Admitted June 3, 1912.
STROUF, A. D., Admitted June 17, 1912.
SULGROVE, LESLIE B., Admitted June 20, 1912.
SULLIVAN, JOHN B., Admitted June 12, 1912.

TUCKER, EDWARD M., Admitted June 17, 1912.

WEBER, L. J., Admitted June 6, 1912.

WILLIAMS, FRED. D., Admitted June 17, 1912.