Baker v. Butte Water Co.
Montana Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court, Silver Bow County; John B. MeCiernan, Judge. Action by Ben Baker and another against the Bntte Water •Company. From a judgment for defendant rendered on sustaining a general demurrer to the complaint, plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holloway
On August 1, 1899, Ben Baker recovered judgment in the district court of Silver Bow county against the Butte City Water Company, a corporation, by which Baker was adjudged to be the owner and entitled to the possession of the Keynote quartz lode mining claim, then in the possession of the water company. On appeal to this court the judgment was affirmed. (Baker v. Butte City Water Co., 28 Mont. 222, 104 Am. St. Rep. 683, 72 Pac. 617.) By writ of error the cause was taken to the supreme court of the United States, where on January 3, 1905, the decision of this court was affirmed. (Butte City…
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