Case Name: STATE OF MONTANA ex rel. LEE SMART and K. M. BRIDENSTINE, Next Friend, Relators and Plaintiffs, v. The Honorable THE DISTRICT COURT of the NINTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT of the STATE OF MONTANA, in and for the COUNTY OF TETON, and the HONORABLE R. M. HATTERSLEY, , the Judge thereof, Respondents and Defendants
Court: Montana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Montana
Decision Date: 1956-12-22
Citations: 130 Mont. 640
Docket Number: No. 9774
Parties: STATE OF MONTANA ex rel. LEE SMART and K. M. BRIDENSTINE, Next Friend, Relators and Plaintiffs, v. The Honorable THE DISTRICT COURT of the NINTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT of the STATE OF MONTANA, in and for the COUNTY OF TETON, and the HONORABLE R. M. HATTERSLEY, , the Judge thereof, Respondents and Defendants.
Judges: MR. CHIEF JUSTICE ADAIR, and MR. JUSTICES ANDERSON, and DAVIS, concur.
Reporter: Montana Reports
Volume: 130
Pages: 640–641

Head Matter:
No. 9774.
STATE OF MONTANA ex rel. LEE SMART and K. M. BRIDENSTINE, Next Friend, Relators and Plaintiffs, v. The Honorable THE DISTRICT COURT of the NINTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT of the STATE OF MONTANA, in and for the COUNTY OF TETON, and the HONORABLE R. M. HATTERSLEY, , the Judge thereof, Respondents and Defendants.
304 Pac. (2d) 924.
Decided Dec. 22, 1956.
Charles V. Kuppe, Helena, K. M. Bridenstine, Choteau, for Relators.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
Mandamus. It is ordered that the petition of the relator for a Writ of Mandate to be directed to the respondent District Court and Judge, commanding them to dismiss the information now on file in the respondent District Court against the relator, Lee Smart, accusing him of the crime of murder, is denied without prejudice. It is so ordered.
MR. CHIEF JUSTICE ADAIR, and MR. JUSTICES ANDERSON, and DAVIS, concur.
MR. JUSTICE BOTOMLY:
I think the Writ should issue.