National Surety Corp. v. Kruse

I am of the opinion that the only order which the commissioner of agriculture has jurisdiction to make when complaint is made to him in disputes between a licensed wholesale .produce dealer and a grower or producer, is to “dismiss the charges, or suspend the license of said dealer for a specified period, or revoke the same, or make such other appropriate order as may be deemed just and proper.” So reads the statute, section 2443.8, Revised Codes of Montana 1935.

Applying the recognized rules of statutory construction, it appears that the “other appropriate order,” which the commissioner may…