St. Louis Mining & Milling Co. v. Montana Mining Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPEEME COURT OF THE STATE OF MONTANA. This was a suit for specific performance brought by the Montana Mining Company against the St. Louis Mining and Milling Company of Montana and Charles Mayger in the district court of the First Judicial District of the State of Montana, in and for the county of Lewis and Clarke.' The complaint alleged that on March 7, a.d. 1884,. plaintiff’s predecessors in interest, Robinson, Huggins, Sterling, De Camp and Eddy, were the…
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ERROR TO THE SUPEEME COURT OF THE STATE OF MONTANA. This was a suit for specific performance brought by the Montana Mining Company against the St. Louis Mining and Milling Company of Montana and Charles Mayger in the district court of the First Judicial District of the State of Montana, in and for the county of Lewis and Clarke.' The complaint alleged that on March 7, a.d. 1884,. plaintiff’s predecessors in interest, Robinson, Huggins, Sterling, De Camp and Eddy, were the owners of, and in possession, and legally entitled io the use, occupation and possession, of a. certain portion of the…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Fuller
While it is conceded by plaintiffs in error that there is no' express prohibition on the transaction involved in the record, it is contended that the contract was contrary to the policy of the law, and that the question thus raised is necessarily a Federal question. Granting that this is so, and that the motion to dismiss must, therefore, be overruled, we are of opinion that there was color for the motion, and that the case may properly b¿ disposed of on the motion to affirm.
The Supreme Court of Montana ruled that, in the absence of statutory prohibition, there was no reason in law or equity…
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