Hill v. Chappel Bros. of Montana, Inc.

HONORABLE JEREMIAH J. LYNCH, District Judge,

sitting in place of MR. JUSTICE' GALEN, disqualified, delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an action for trespass. It was begun on December 4, 1930. The amended complaint, filed on January 26, 1931, is in six counts. The first count alleges that the defendant is now, and at all the times mentioned therein was, a corporation; that the plaintiff during all the time mentioned therein was in the rightful possession of approximately 9,700 acres of land in the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation under a lease from the Indian allottees; that plaintiff…