Case Name: H. J. NICOL, Petitioner, v. STATE BOARD OF LAND COMMISSIONERS OF THE STATE OF MONTANA; and SAM C. FORD, SAM W. MITCHELL, ELIZABETH IRELAND and R. V. BOTTOMLY, as the individual members thereof, constituting said Board; and J. W. WALKER, as Commissioner of State Lands and Investments of the State of Montana, Respondents
Court: Montana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Montana
Decision Date: 1948-05-06
Citations: 121 Mont. 617
Docket Number: No. 8827
Parties: H. J. NICOL, Petitioner, v. STATE BOARD OF LAND COMMISSIONERS OF THE STATE OF MONTANA; and SAM C. FORD, SAM W. MITCHELL, ELIZABETH IRELAND and R. V. BOTTOMLY, as the individual members thereof, constituting said Board; and J. W. WALKER, as Commissioner of State Lands and Investments of the State of Montana, Respondents.
Judges: Hugh Adair, Chief Justice,
Reporter: Montana Reports
Volume: 121
Pages: 617–618

Head Matter:
No. 8827.
H. J. NICOL, Petitioner, v. STATE BOARD OF LAND COMMISSIONERS OF THE STATE OF MONTANA; and SAM C. FORD, SAM W. MITCHELL, ELIZABETH IRELAND and R. V. BOTTOMLY, as the individual members thereof, constituting said Board; and J. W. WALKER, as Commissioner of State Lands and Investments of the State of Montana, Respondents.
Decided May 6, 1948.

Opinion:
It appearing that there is no immediate emergency or neces sity for this Court assuming original jurisdiction herein for the reason that it affirmatively appears from the record and argument of counsel that the lands involved are being cultivated and farmed by John Stoos and sons-either under agreement with the petitioner H. J. Nicol or under agreement with the State of Montana made by and through the State Board of Land Commissioners of the State of Montana, and that the rights of the respective parties may be speedily determined without loss to any of the parties by proper proceedings instituted in the District Court,
Messrs. Gtraybill & Bradford and Mr. S. Norshog, all of Great Falls, for Petitioner.
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the writ of certiorari be denied.
Hugh Adair, Chief Justice,
Albert H. Angstman,
I. W. Choate, Associate Justices.