Byrd v. Columbia Falls Lions Club

This is an appeal by the defendant, Columbia Falls Lions Club from an order entered by the District Court, Eleventh Judicial District, Flathead County, denying the defendant’s motion to set aside an order dismissing his appeal from the Flathead County Justice Court. The dismissal order was entered upon a motion to dismiss by the plaintiff Herman Byrd, d/b/a Byrd’s Food Mart.

The plaintiff owns a small grocery store in Martin City, Montana. In June 1974, Kenneth Giles entered plaintiff’s grocery store and represented that he was a scout leader who was leading a group of scouts to a camporee…