Smith v. Smith
Montana Supreme Court
„ Appeal from District Court, Meagher County; John A, Matthews, Judge, In the Matter of the estate of John M. Smith', deceased. Prom an order dismissing the contest of J. Stanley Smith against a claim of "William Smith, Gertrude Mayn Smith, as the executrix of the estate of J. Stanley Smith, deceased, appeals.
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„ Appeal from District Court, Meagher County; John A, Matthews, Judge, In the Matter of the estate of John M. Smith', deceased. Prom an order dismissing the contest of J. Stanley Smith against a claim of "William Smith, Gertrude Mayn Smith, as the executrix of the estate of J. Stanley Smith, deceased, appeals. In the lower court it was contended by counsel of William Smith that the judgment of the United States court allowing his claim so far adjudicated the claim that its merits could not be further inquired into. The lower court rejected this contention. Is the judgment of the federal court…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Galen
It appears that in the year 1878, John M. Smith and W. A. Smith, brothers, the latter being the younger, started in the ranch and sheep business in Meagher county. For about ten years thereafter they did most of their own work, kept no books, had no settlements, and owned a joint bank account, upon which each drew as funds were needed. W. A. Smith married in 1884, had three children, one boy, William Smith, the respondent herein, and two girls, Anna Maud and Nellie May, all of whom were born on the ranch in Meagher county, where the family resided until they moved to Castle, Meagher county,…
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