Legal Opinion

Maio v. Greene

Montana Supreme Court

Decided May 22, 1943No. 8310PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Johnson

Plaintiff sued defendants in Missoula county for damages alleged to have resulted from an automobile accident in Lake county, two miles from Poison, the county seat. The defendants applied for a change of venue to the latter county. There is no contention that their application was in any way insufficient, but although no answer had been filed plaintiff opposed it for the reasons “that convenience of witnesses of plaintiff, his counsel, and himself, and the ends of justice would be promoted” by conducting the trial in Missoula county; that the distance from Missoula to Poison is approximately…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Wallace v. OwsleyMontana Supreme Court · 1891
  2. Dawson v. DawsonMontana Supreme Court · 1932
  3. Archer v. ArcherMontana Supreme Court · 1938

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Johnson v. OgleMontana Supreme Court · 1945
  2. State Ex Rel. Kesterson v. District CourtMontana Supreme Court · 1980
  3. Yeager v. FosterMontana Supreme Court · 1965
  4. State v. Security State BankMontana Supreme Court · 1979
  5. Brown v. HartwellMontana Supreme Court · 1987

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