State ex rel. Arthurs v. Board of County Commissioners
Montana Supreme Court
'Appeal from District Court, Lewis and Clark County; J. ■Miller Smith, Judge. Mandamus by the state, on the relation of John A. Arthurs, against the board of county commissioners of Chouteau county and the members thereof. General demurrer to alternative writ sustained, and proceeding dismissed, and relator appeals.
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'Appeal from District Court, Lewis and Clark County; J. ■Miller Smith, Judge. Mandamus by the state, on the relation of John A. Arthurs, against the board of county commissioners of Chouteau county and the members thereof. General demurrer to alternative writ sustained, and proceeding dismissed, and relator appeals. The respondent board refused to entertain the petition or consider it, and rejected it without consideration, claiming that it was insufficient in material parts, and that by reason of these defects it was without jurisdiction or authority to act. This allegation means that the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holloway
On June 19, 1911, there was presented to the board of county commissioners of Chouteau county a petition for the creation of a new county, to be known as Hill county, from a portion of Chouteau county. So far as disclosed by this record, that petition was in due form, and met the requirements of Chapter 112, Laws of 1911. The board thereupon by order designated July 17 as the time for hearing the petition and any objections thereto. Prior to the last-named date, there was filed with the *58board a counter-petition, asking that certain territory included within the boundaries of the proposed…
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