Esterby v. Justice Court

ME. JUSTICE ANGSTMAN:

The determinative question presented by this appeal is whether the court had jurisdiction to enter the judgment appealed from. This in turn depends upon whether the affidavit of imputed bias and prejudice on the part of the judge was timely filed.

The facts are these: Defendant Catlin, a practicing photographer in Missoula, filed a criminal complaint in' the defendant justice court against plaintiff Esterby, charging him with, practicing photography without a license.

Before the ease was brought to trial in the justice court, Esterby, admitting that he has no license to…