Sackett ex rel. Sackett v. Thomas
Montana Supreme Court
Application- for writ of mandate by the state, on tbe relation. of Mrs. M. A. Sackett, against tbe clerk of tbe district court of tbe Third judicial district for Deer Lodge county. Senate Bill No. 8d changes tbe name of Deer Lodge County to Daly County.
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Application- for writ of mandate by the state, on tbe relation. of Mrs. M. A. Sackett, against tbe clerk of tbe district court of tbe Third judicial district for Deer Lodge county. Senate Bill No. 8d changes tbe name of Deer Lodge County to Daly County. The first proposition involves the interpretation of the word “places,” and the construction to be placed upon the clause of the constitution when considered in its application to Senate Bill No. 84. The rules of construction and interpretation of constitutions in statutes are well settled, and it is only necessary to apply them to the…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Brantly
By the first section of an Act of the Seventh Legislative *234Assembly, passed on March 1, and approved by the governor on March 8, 1901, it is declared “that county of the state of Montana now named and known as Deer Lodge county shall no longer be Deer Lodge county, but shall hereafter be the county of. Daly, and shall be named, designated and known as and shall constitute Daly county. The boundaries of said Daly county shall be the same as the boundaries of Deer Lodge county now. are, and the city of Anaconda shall be the county seat of said Daly county until changed according to law.” The…
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