National Surety Corp. v. Kruse

National Surety Corporation, plaintiff below, brought action against defendants under sections 9835.1-9835.16, Revised Codes of Montana 1935. The purpose of the action was to procure a declaratory judgment as to plaintiff’s rights and obligations under a bond which it had executed as surety for M. L. Barr, a wholesale produce dealer, as such rights might be affected by a certain order of the commissioner of agriculture of the state of Montana (hereinafter designated as the commissioner), relating to a controversy between defendants M. L. Barr and T. B. Reagan over the purchase of apples.

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