Case Name: STATE OF MONTANA, upon the relation of MARVIN WELLINGTON SONGER, Relator, v. DISTRICT COURT of the FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT of the STATE OF MONTANA, in and for the COUNTY OF LEWIS AND CLARK, and THE HONORABLE GEORGE W. PADBURY, JR., and THE HONORABLE VICTOR H. FALL, Judges of the FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT of the STATE OF MONTANA, Presiding, Respondents
Court: Montana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Montana
Decision Date: 1956-05-07
Citations: 130 Mont. 613
Docket Number: No. 9693
Parties: STATE OF MONTANA, upon the relation of MARVIN WELLINGTON SONGER, Relator, v. DISTRICT COURT of the FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT of the STATE OF MONTANA, in and for the COUNTY OF LEWIS AND CLARK, and THE HONORABLE GEORGE W. PADBURY, JR., and THE HONORABLE VICTOR H. FALL, Judges of the FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT of the STATE OF MONTANA, Presiding, Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Montana Reports
Volume: 130
Pages: 613–614

Head Matter:
No. 9693.
STATE OF MONTANA, upon the relation of MARVIN WELLINGTON SONGER, Relator, v. DISTRICT COURT of the FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT of the STATE OF MONTANA, in and for the COUNTY OF LEWIS AND CLARK, and THE HONORABLE GEORGE W. PADBURY, JR., and THE HONORABLE VICTOR H. FALL, Judges of the FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT of the STATE OF MONTANA, Presiding, Respondents.
296 Pac. (2d) 1023.
Decided May 7, 1956.
John II. Bisken, Helena, for Relator.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
Relator's petition for the issuance of a writ of mandamus to be directed to the respondent district court and the judges thereof was this day heard by four members of this court and two favoring the issuance of the writ and two favoring its denial;
It is ordered that the writ be denied and the proceeding be dismissed.