Case Name: DAWSON COUNTY v. HAGEN et al.; HAGEN et al. v. YALE et al.
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1948-11-01
Citations: 172 F.2d 387
Docket Number: No. 11821
Parties: DAWSON COUNTY v. HAGEN et al. HAGEN et al. v. YALE et al.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 172
Pages: 387–388

Head Matter:
DAWSON COUNTY v. HAGEN et al. HAGEN et al. v. YALE et al.
No. 11821.
United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.
Nov. 1, 1948.
D. C. Warren and E. W. Popham, both of Glendive, Mont., for appellant, Dawson County.
D. J. O’Neil, of Glendive, Mont., and P. F. Leonard, of Miles City, Mont., for Hagen and others.
A. Devitt Vanech, Asst. Atty. Gen., John B. Tansil, U. S. Atty., of Billings, Mont, and John F. Cotter and George S. Swarth, Attys., Department of Justice, both of Washington, D. C., for the United States.
Before MATHEWS, BONE and ORR, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
These appeals are from parts of a judgment entered on September 4, 1947, in a proceeding by the United States against Dawson County, Montana, Mary Hagen, E. B. Clark, Minnie R. Evans, Edna Yale, Allen W. Yale, Ruby Yale, Ruth Petterson, Scottish American Mortgage Company, Limited, and others for the condemnation of land in Montana.
A complaint and two amended complaints were filed by the United States. Answers and petitions for distribution were filed by Dawson County, Mary Hagen, E. B. Clark and Minnie R. Evans. Issues of fact and of law were raised. On these issues, hearings were had and evidence was taken.
Before entering judgment, the District Court should have made findings of fact and should have stated conclusions of law. See § 9366, 9367 and 9954 of the Montana Revised Codes of 1935; Coffman v. Niece, 110 Mont. 541, 105 P.2d 661; 40 U.S.C.A. § 258; Rule 81(a) (7) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, 28 U.S.C.A. This was not done.
Therefore those portions of the judgment which are here appealed from are vacated, and the case is remanded to the District Court with directions to make findings of fact and state conclusions of law, as required by § 9366, 9367 and 9954 of the Montana Revised Codes of 1935, and thereupon enter such judgment as may be proper.