Case Name: STATE, Respondent, v. MELCHERT et al., Defendants; BLISS, Appellant
Court: Montana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Montana
Decision Date: 1923-11-10
Citations: 69 Mont. 44
Docket Number: No. 5,355
Parties: STATE, Respondent, v. MELCHERT et al., Defendants; BLISS, Appellant.
Judges: Mr. Chief Justice Callaway and Associate Justices Cooper, Holloway and Galen concur.
Reporter: Montana Reports
Volume: 69
Pages: 44–45

Head Matter:
STATE, Respondent, v. MELCHERT et al., Defendants; BLISS, Appellant.
(No. 5,355.)
(Submitted October 29, 1923.
Decided November 10, 1923.)
[220 Pac. 84.]
(For syllabus, see State v. Johnson, ante, p. 38.)
Appeal from District Court, Parh County; Robert C. Stong, Judge.
Forfeiture proceedings by tbe State of Montana against Frank Melchert and another and certain property used in the liquor business, claimed in part by Frank Bliss. From a judgment of forfeiture, claimant appeals.
Reversed and remanded.
Messrs. Gibson & Smith, for Appellant, submitted a brief; Mr. Fred L. Gibson argued the cause orally.
Mr. Wellington D. Rcmhin, Attorney General, and Mr. L. V. Ketter, Assistant Attorney General, for the State, submitted a brief; Mr. Ketter argued the cause orally.

Opinion:
MR. JUSTICE STARK
delivered the opinion of the court. In this case a judgment was entered on March 17, 1923, wherein it was adjudged and decreed that certain personal property claimed by appellant, Frank Bliss, was declared forfeited and ordered sold.
With the exception of the names of the parties, and a description of the property seized, the facts in this case are identical with those involved in case No. 5354, State v. Johnson, ante, p. 38. The decision in that case is controlling in this one, and no useful purpose would be served by a repetition of what was therein said.
On the authority of State v. Johnson et al., supra, the judgment in this case is reversed and the cause remanded to the district court of Park county, with directions to enter judgment in favor of the appellant, Frank Bliss.
Reversed.
Mr. Chief Justice Callaway and Associate Justices Cooper, Holloway and Galen concur.