Reardon v. Patterson
Montana Supreme Court
Appeal from District Court, Silver Bow County. J. J. McMatton, Judge. Action by Timothy Reardon against H. M. Patterson and T. J. Murray for the conversion of a school warrant. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiff appeals. Statement of the case by the justice delivering the opinion. This action was for the recovery of a school warrant originally issued to appellant (plaintiff below). The judgment in it was rendered before the Codes of 1895 went into effect.
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Appeal from District Court, Silver Bow County. J. J. McMatton, Judge. Action by Timothy Reardon against H. M. Patterson and T. J. Murray for the conversion of a school warrant. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiff appeals. Statement of the case by the justice delivering the opinion. This action was for the recovery of a school warrant originally issued to appellant (plaintiff below). The judgment in it was rendered before the Codes of 1895 went into effect. The complaint alleges a conversion of the warrant by defendants. The answer denies any conversion, and sets forth affirmatively that in…
1Opinion of the CourtBuck, J.
The main specifications of error are that the evidence is insufficient to justify the trial court in finding that there was a breach of contract on the part of Reardon and his partner, and that it is also insufficient, to justify any finding that the school warrant was deposited with Patterson as a guaranty for the performance of the Murray contract. The evidence as to the breach of contract was conflicting, and, under the well-known rule applicable, we cannot disturb this finding. Nor was the evidence insufficient to justify the finding that there was a pledge of the warrant. Upon that…
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