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24 Mont. 237

Coleman v. Perry

Montana Supreme Court

Decided May 31, 1900

Montana Supreme Court · decided 1900-05-31

On Motion to Dismiss Appeals. Appeal from District Court, Silver Bow County/ John Lindsay, Judge. Action by Elizabeth Coleman against Oliver N. Perry and others. From a judgment for plaintiff, and an order denying his motion for a new trial, defendant appeals.

Cited by 2 later decisions — most recently July 1905

2 state decisions

Relies on Creek v. Bozeman Water Works Co. · Woodman v. Calkins · Baker v. Butte City Water Co.

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Motion to dismiss appeal denied · Decided 1900-05-31

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PER CURIAM.

¶1— This cause was brought into this court upon appeals from the judgment, and an order denying defendant’s motion for a new trial. A motion has been submitted by Respondent to dismiss the appeals on the ground *238that the undertaking is void for ambiguity. This instrument is identical in form with that considered in Baker v. Butte City Water Co., 24 Mont. 31, 113, 60 Pac. 488, 817. It was not held in that case, as respondent contends, that such an undertaking is void, but only that it is merely insufficient or imperfect, in that, though it refers to both appeals, it does not contain alternative conditions referring to each separately, so as to bind the sureties to meet all the contingencies which may arise in the disposition of the case by this court. The appellants having filed with the clerk of this court a good and sufficient undertaking, approved by the chief justice, before the motion to dismiss was heard, the motion must be denied. (Code of Civil Procedure, Sec. 1740; Woodman v. Calkins, 12 Mont. 456, 31 Pac. 63, cited in Greeks. Bozeman Waterworks Co., 22 Mont. 327, 56 Pac. 362.)

¶2Denied.

Mr. Justice Hunt, being absent, takes no part in the foregoing decision.
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