Rocky Mountain Timberlands, Inc. v. Lund

This is an appeal from a denial of writ of mandamus by the Twenty-First Judicial District Court, Ravalli County. We affirm.

We consider the following issues on appeal:

I. Did the District Court err in determining that a landowner cannot legally divide a large parcel of land into smaller parcels by executing a deed in which the grantor and the grantee are the same party?

II. Did the District Court err by determining that the Clerk and Recorder properly refused to record the deed in question and, therefore, a writ of mandamus was not appropriate?

The facts of this case are not disputed. Rocky…