Palatine Insurance v. Northern Pacific Railway Co.
Montana Supreme Court
Appeal' from District Court, Lewis and Clark County; J. M. Clements, Judge. Action by the Palatine Insurance Company, Limited, of Manchester, England, against the Northern Pacific'Railway Company. From a judgment in favor of the defendant, plaintiff: appeals. The Act of March 11, 1901 (Laws 1901, p. 157), was an enrolled bill, was signed by the proper presiding officers, was approved by the governor, and was deposited and filed with the Secretary of State.
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Appeal' from District Court, Lewis and Clark County; J. M. Clements, Judge. Action by the Palatine Insurance Company, Limited, of Manchester, England, against the Northern Pacific'Railway Company. From a judgment in favor of the defendant, plaintiff: appeals. The Act of March 11, 1901 (Laws 1901, p. 157), was an enrolled bill, was signed by the proper presiding officers, was approved by the governor, and was deposited and filed with the Secretary of State. These facts appear upon the face of the bill. From these facts arises the conclusive presumption of regular enactment. The omission from…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Milburn
This is an action arising out of a tort alleged to have been committed by the defendant, a foreign corporation, on January 21, 1901, at the county of Jefferson. Certain buildings, of the value of $500, owned by one Scharf, on which he held a policy of insurance issued by the plaintiff company for that sum, were burned by the defendant. Plaintiff paid the amount of the insurance to Scharf and took an assignment of his right of *272action against the defendant. Defendant refused to pay, and plaintiff sued for the $500.
Among other things, the defendant railway company pleads the statute of…
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