Great Falls National Bank v. McCormick

MR. JUSTICE JOHN C. HARRISON

delivered the Opinion of the Court.

This is an appeal from a judgment on the pleadings entered in favor of the plaintiff, the Great Falls National Bank, in accordance with Rule 12(c), Montana Rules of Civil Procedure. The issue was the alleged unconstitutionality of the Small Tract Financing Act of Montana, Chap. 177, Laws of 1963, codified as sections 52-401 through 52-417, R.C.M.1947.

This was an action to quiet title to certain real property, comprising less than 3 acres, situated in Great Falls, Montana. The plaintiff bank was the beneficiary under a trust…