Legal Opinion

Forbis v. Cannon

Montana Supreme Court

Decided May 27, 1907No. 2,406PublishedCited by 1 opinion

Appeal from District Court, Silver Bow County; Geo. M. Bourquin, Judge. Proceedings by the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Company of Montana against one White and others for the condemnation of certain land, in which the compensation money was paid into court, and in which John A. Cannon and another petitioned for an order requiring the clerk to pay the moneys over to said Cannon, to which Mary D. Forbis, as administratrix of the estate of James W. Forbis, deceased,…

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Appeal from District Court, Silver Bow County; Geo. M. Bourquin, Judge. Proceedings by the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Company of Montana against one White and others for the condemnation of certain land, in which the compensation money was paid into court, and in which John A. Cannon and another petitioned for an order requiring the clerk to pay the moneys over to said Cannon, to which Mary D. Forbis, as administratrix of the estate of James W. Forbis, deceased, filed an answer. From a judgment granting the petition in part, Mary D. Forbis appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Smith

In the case of Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Company of Montana v. White and others, the plaintiff paid into the hands of the clerk of the district court of Silver Bow county the sum of $10,500, in accordance with a report of the commissioners, as compensation to the owners of one hundred and five lots in the South Park addition to the city of Butte. John A. Cannon held the legal title to these lots, subject to a certain trust agreement. The money was paid to the clerk under a stipulation which reads as follows:

“It is hereby stipulated and agreed, by and between the plaintiff,…

2Cited by1 opinion

  1. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Ry. Co. v. WhiteMontana Supreme Court · 1908

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