State Ex Rel. Easbey v. Highway Patrol Board

This is an appeal from a judgment of the District Court for Lewis and Clark County.

The facts are not in dispute. They are of general notoriety. They concern the duties, responsibilities, rights, privileges and powers that lawfully attach to the office of the Lieutenant Governor of this State.

At the general election held November 8, 1960, the Honorable Tim M. Babcock was duly elected Lieutenant Governor of the State of Montana and, on December 5, 1960, he qualified as Lieutenant Governor by taking and subscribing the official oath of office prescribed in section 1 of Article XIX, of the…