Legal Opinion
Ryan Mercantile Co. v. Great Northern Railway Co.
District Court, D. Montana
Decided August 31, 1960No. Civ. 2104PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JAMESON, District Judge.
This is an action for declaratory judgment, in which both parties have moved for summary judgment. There is no issue of fact, and the determination of the case depends upon the construction of a lease agreement between Ryan Mercantile Company and Great Northern Railway Company.
The lease agreement is included in a carefully drawn instrument, twenty-one pages in length, entitled “Agreement to Lease, Remodel, Sell and Buy”. It is divided into five major sections, the lease provisions appearing in the second section. The provisions pertinent to this case are:
“2. Lease:
“A)…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Weyerhaeuser Steamship Co. v. Nacirema Operating Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Booth-Kelly Lumber Co. v. Southern Pacific Co. Southern Pacific Co. v. Booth-Kelly Lumber CoCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1950
- Batson-Cook Co. v. Industrial Steel ErectorsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1958
- Northern Pacific Railway Co. v. Thornton Bros. Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1939
- Otis Elevator Co. v. Maryland Casualty Co.Supreme Court of Colorado · 1934
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Tunkl v. Regents of University of CaliforniaCalifornia Supreme Court · 1963
- Haynes v. County of MissoulaMontana Supreme Court · 1973
- Ryan Mercantile Company, a Corporation v. Great Northern Railway Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1961
- S-W Co. v. SchwenkMontana Supreme Court · 1977
- School District No. 1 v. DriscollMontana Supreme Court · 1977
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