Legal Opinion
Sjostrum v. State Highway Commission
Montana Supreme Court
Decided February 27, 1951No. 9055PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MR. CHIEF JUSTICE ADAIR:
This is an appeal from a decree of the district court of Rich-land county enjoining the state highway commission and its members from entering into a contract with the Great Northern Railway Company agreeing to pay that company $18,000 per year from the state highway fund for the use of its railroad bridge near Snowden, Montana for highway travel free from toll charges.
A branch line of the Great Northern railroad extending northerly and easterly from the southern terminus thereof at Richey in Richland county, Montana and connecting with the main line of the railroad at…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Sands v. Manistee River Improvement Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1887
- Bridge Proprietors v. Hoboken Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1864
- State ex rel. Redman v. MeyersMontana Supreme Court · 1922
- State ex rel. Mills v. DixonMontana Supreme Court · 1923
- People Ex Rel. Curren v. SchommerIllinois Supreme Court · 1945
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Monarch Mining Co. v. State Highway CommissionMontana Supreme Court · 1954
- State ex rel. Hughes v. State Board of Land CommissionersMontana Supreme Court · 1960
- Veterans' Welfare Commission v. Department of MontanaMontana Supreme Court · 1963
- Marchi v. BrackmanMontana Supreme Court · 1956
- Monarch Mining Co. v. State Highway CommissionMontana Supreme Court · 1954
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