State ex rel. Rankin v. Martin

MR. COMMISSIONER FORD

prepared the opinion' for the court.

This is a civil action, brought in the name of the state of Montana by the Attorney General, for the purpose of having vacated and made void a ferry franchise or charter granted by the board of county commissioners of Valley county, Montana, to the defendant Frank H. Martin, to operate a ferry at what is known as the Lismus ferry crossing on the Missouri River between the counties of Valley and Garfield. At the time the action was commenced the plaintiff did not ask for an injunction or restraining order, but thereafter filed affidavits…