State ex rel. Lang v. Furnish
Montana Supreme Court
Original application for mandamus by tbe state, on relation of 'William Lang, against Eobert Furnish and others, commissioners of Custer county. Mr. Chas. 8. Loud, appearing in behalf of the signers of the Wibaux and Ismay petitions for the exclusion of territory from the proposed new county of Fallon, who by order of the district court had been made parties respondent, submitted a brief and argued the cause orally.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sanner
On April 10, 1913, a petition in due form, with signatures apparently sufficient, was presented to the board of county commissioners of Custer county, praying for the creation of a new county, to be called Fallon county. The board thereupon fixed May 1, 1913, at 10 o’clock A. M., as the time for hearing the proof of the petitions and of any opponents thereto, and directed the requisite notice to be given. On May 1, the requisite notice having been given, the board met for the purpose of the hearing, but for cause adjourned the same to May 7. On May 7 the board reconvened and proceeded with…
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