Erickson v. Fisher

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE JAMES T. HARRISON

delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an appeal by petitioner Dallas D. Erickson, from an adverse judgment entered following a trial before the court without a jury in Lincoln County, Montana.

From the record it appears that on March 14, 1975, appellant, then employed as a deputy sheriff of Lincoln County, was given a written order from the respondent, then sheriff of Lincoln County. The order was concerned with the establishment of a centralized filing system, and directed the appellant:

“Any criminal files or cases that you are presently working, or…