Case Name: STATE ex rel. BOSSLER, Relator and Respondent, v. EDWARDS, Mayor, etc., Dependant and Appellant; STATE ex rel. FARNAM, Relator and Respondent, v. EDWARDS, Mayor, etc., Dependant and Appellant
Court: Montana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Montana
Decision Date: 1909-12-07
Citations: 40 Mont. 320
Docket Number: No. 2,800; No. 2,801
Parties: STATE ex rel. BOSSLER, Relator and Respondent, v. EDWARDS, Mayor, etc., Dependant and Appellant. STATE ex rel. FARNAM, Relator and Respondent, v. EDWARDS, Mayor, etc., Dependant and Appellant.
Judges: Mr. Justice Smith concurs.
Reporter: Montana Reports
Volume: 40
Pages: 320–321

Head Matter:
STATE ex rel. BOSSLER, Relator and Respondent, v. EDWARDS, Mayor, etc., Dependant and Appellant. STATE ex rel. FARNAM, Relator and Respondent, v. EDWARDS, Mayor, etc., Dependant and Appellant.
(No. 2,800.)
(No. 2,801.)
(Submitted November 30, 1909.
Decided December 7, 1909.)
[106 Pac. 705.]
Appeals from District Court, Lewis and Clark County; Frank Henry, Judge of the Sixth Judicial District, presiding.
Applications for mandamus by the state, on the relation of William F. Bossier and George Farnam, against Frank J. Edwards, as mayor of the city of Helena, Montana. From judgments awarding the writ and denying defendant’s motion for •a new trial, defendant appeals.
Affirmed.
Mr. Edward Horsky, for Appellant.
Mr. Wm. T. Pigott, and Mr. Massena Bullard, for Respondents.
Causes submitted on briefs and oral argument in causes' numbered 2752 and 2799, ante, pp. 287, 313.

Opinion:
MR. CHIEF JUSTICE BRANTLY
delivered the opinion of the court.
The questions submitted for decision in these cases are identical with those presented in State ex rel. Quintin v. Edwards, ante, p. 287, 106 Pac. 695, and State ex rel. Bailey v. Edwards, ante, p. 313, 106 Pac. 703, the decision of the district court in both being the same as in the others. The judgment for plaintiff and the order denying defendant's motion for a new trial in each of them are therefore affirmed.
Affirmed.
Mr. Justice Smith concurs.