Legal Opinion
Tags Realty, LLC v. Runkle
Montana Supreme Court
Decided June 23, 2015No. DA 14-0752PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wheat
¶1 TAGS Realty, LLC (TAGS) appeals from the order of the Montana First Judicial District Court, Broadwater County, resolving cross-motions for summary judgment in favor of Mark Runkle (Runkle). We reverse.
ISSUE
¶2 We review the following issue: Did the District Court err by granting summary judgment in favor of Runkle?
FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
¶3 Runkle and TAGS are the locators of several adjacent and overlapping mining claims in Broadwater County. Runkle purchased a patented lode claim called the “Black Friday” claim in 2009. TAGS located an unpatented lode claim adjacent to the Black…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Belk v. MeagherSupreme Court of the United States · 1881
- Cole v. RalphSupreme Court of the United States · 1920
- Clipper Mining Co. v. Eli Mining & Land Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1904
- United States v. Curtis-Nevada Mines, Inc., and Robert CurtisCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1980
- Reynolds v. Iron Silver Mining Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1886
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