State Ex Rel. City of Havre v. Twelfth Judicial District of the State of Montana Ex Rel. County of Hill

This is an original proceeding in which the City of Havre and the County of Hill have filed petitions for writs of supervisory control. The dispositive issue is whether a stipulation for dismissal with prejudice, entered into between plaintiff Boucher and defendant police officer Dramstad, bars the plaintiff from proceeding with his claim against the City of Havre and Hill County.

On September 24, 1974, the Havre Police Department received a call advising them that a burglary was in progress at a grocery store in North Havre, Montana. Officers Rex Dramstad and Kenneth Kooch were dispatched to…