United States v. Lynde

This action was pending in the supreme court, of Montana, on appeal from the district court of Gallatin county, when Montana became a state in the Union. The act of congress approved February 22, 1889, (see U. S. St. at Large, 1888-89, p. 683,) providing for the admission of Montana and certain other territories into the Union, contains the following provision:

“That in respect to all eases, proceedings, and matters now pending in the supreme or district courts oí either of the territories mentioned in this act at the time of the admission into the Union of either of the states mentioned in…