State Ex Rel. Needham v. Justice Court Ex Rel. Township of Silver Bow

Original proceeding. Application for writ of supervisory control.

In the conduct of his business Paul I. Needham occupied five office rooms in the Mayer Building in Butte, Montana, as a tenant under an oral agreement with the owners of the property to pay rent therefor monthly in advance on or before the 15th day of each month.

Needham paid his landlords $100 on the 15th day of January 1946, being the rent in advance for the month commencing on that day and to expire on the 15th day of February.

On January 30, 1946, proceeding pursuant to section 6769, Revised Codes, the landlords served upon…