Laas v. Montana State Highway Commission

The HONORABLE ROBERT S. KELLER, District Judge, sitting in place of MR. CHIEF JUSTICE HARRISON,

delivered the Opinion of the Court.

This is a multiple count action for damages arising out of a contract to grade and drain six and one-half miles of road extending from U. S. Highway No. 2, west of Troy, Montana, northward along the Yaak River, and constituting for the most part, new road.

A jury verdict in the district court of Lewis and Clark County, the Honorable Jack Shanstrom presiding, awarded damages to the plaintiff in five parts, totaling $250,532. A motion for new trial was denied. The…