Beck v. O'Connor
Montana Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court, Ca/rbon County; Frank Ilenry, Judge. Action by William Beck against William O’Connor and another. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiff appeals. Statement of the case by the justice delivering the opinion.
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Appeal from District Court, Ca/rbon County; Frank Ilenry, Judge. Action by William Beck against William O’Connor and another. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiff appeals. Statement of the case by the justice delivering the opinion. This is an action to recover the sum of $1,250, which plaintiff claims to be due as a balance of the purchase price of an interest in a bond and lease sold by him to the defendant O’Connor in and to certain mining property mentioned in the complaint. From the record it appears that on the 21th day of September, 1891, George W. Stapleton and others leased to…
1Opinion of the CourtPemberton, C. J.
We have felt very much inclined to dismiss this appeal on account of the utter failure of counsel to comply with the rules of court in relation to the preparation of his brief.
Subdivision 3 of Rule 5 is as follows: “Contents of brief. This brief shall contain, in the order here stated: (1) A concise abstract or statement of the case, presenting succinctly the questions involved, and the manner in which they are raised, which abstract shall refer to the page numbers in the transcript in such manner that pleadings, evidence, orders and judgment may be easily found. (2) A specification of errors…
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