Lane v. Lane Potter Co.
Montana Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court, Sanders County; Henry L. Meyers, Judge. Action by Neil Lane and others against the Lane Potter Lumber -Company, Limited, and another. From a judgment for plaintiffs and an order denying a new trial, defendant named .appeals. The Act in question contains more than one subject, and is in violation of section 23 of Article Y of the Constitution. The title is ambiguous and uncertain, the subject is not clearly expressed.
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Appeal from District Court, Sanders County; Henry L. Meyers, Judge. Action by Neil Lane and others against the Lane Potter Lumber -Company, Limited, and another. From a judgment for plaintiffs and an order denying a new trial, defendant named .appeals. The Act in question contains more than one subject, and is in violation of section 23 of Article Y of the Constitution. The title is ambiguous and uncertain, the subject is not clearly expressed. The three subjects and the three classes of liens provided for in the Act are not -clearly expressed in the title. The fact that a lien is provided in…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Brantly
This action was brought by the plaintiff Neil Lane and forty-six others to recover amounts alleged to be due them, respectively, for services rendered to the defendants at their special instance and request in “cutting, manufacturing, obtaining, securing, skidding, and hauling” 1,200,000 feet of logs, and to establish and enforce liens upon the logs for the amounts claimed. In addition to the facts necessary to be stated to warrant recovery, the complaint alleges that the steps required by the statute as to notice to secure liens had been taken. The answer of the defendant McGill admits that…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Merrigan v. EnglishMontana Supreme Court · 1889
- McGlauflin v. WormserMontana Supreme Court · 1903
- Duignan v. Montana ClubMontana Supreme Court · 1895
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- Jack Long Logging Co. v. Pyramid Mountain Lumber, Inc.Montana Supreme Court · 1963
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