Alley v. Butte & Western Mining Co.

In 1925 Edna A. Alley brought action in the district court of Silver Bow county on a promissory note which she alleged was executed and delivered to her by the defendant, Butte & Western Mining Company, which she alleged was a corporation authorized to do business in the state of Montana. She alleged that she was the owner and holder of the note, that it was then past due and wholly unpaid, and that $600 was a reasonable attorney’s fee in the suit.

By answer the defendant admitted its corporate capacity and that the note set out in the complaint was wholly unpaid. It denied all other…