Court Opinion

ID: 9617147
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 04:52:38.113187+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:04:06.580606
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On Motion for Rehearing
PER CURIAM.
At the time of the oral argument and submission of this *46appeal, and at the time the decision herein was rendered, this court consisted of Mr. Chief Justice Hugh Adair and Associate Justices R. V. Bottomly, Horace S. Davis, Albert H. Angstman and Forrest H. Anderson, all of whom heard the oral arguments on the appeal and thereafter participated in the consideration of the case.
The decision of the court affirming the trial court’s judgment and its order denying appellant’s motion for a new trial was rendered and pronounced on January 4, 1957. The opinion of the court was written by Chief Justice Adair and the disposition of the case therein made was concurred in by Justices Bottomly and Davis, while Justices Anderson and Angst-man dissented.
On January 7, 1957, Justice Anderson qualified for and assumed the office of Attorney General of the State, to which he had been duly elected, and the Honorable Wesley Castles, on appointment of the Governor, qualified for and now fills the vacancy on this court so occasioned. On the same day, Justice Davis completed the term of his appointment and retired from the court being succeeded by Justice Adair who then and there qualified for and assumed the office of associate justice to which he had been duly elected. Whereupon, on January 7,1957, the Honorable James T. Harrison, on appointment of the Governor, qualified for and assumed the office of Chief Justice on this court.
Thereafter, on January 11, 1957, on motion of counsel for the appellant, Lawrence R. Morran, this court, by order made and signed by Justices Adair, Bottomly and Angstman granted the appellant further time beyond, and in addition to, that provided by court rule within which to serve and file a motion for a rehearing herein.
On January 22, 1957, appellant served and filed his motion for a rehearing herein, and on January 28, 1957, the Attorney General served and filed objections to appellant’s motion and to the granting thereof.
Neither Chief Justice Harrison nor Mr. Justice Castles parti*47cipated in granting the extension of time for the filing of appellant’s motion for a rehearing, nor in the consideration of such motion, each having become a member of this court subsequent to the argument and submission of the appeal and subsequent to the determination of the case on its merits.
On the question being put, Shall appellant’s motion for rehearing he granted? the members of this court serving at the time of the argument, submission and determination of the case on its merits decided as follows: In the affirmative: Justice Angstman and In the negative: Justices Adair and Bottomly, wherefore appellant’s motion for rehearing failed and the justices voting in the negative being of the opinion that the motion for a rehearing does not present any proposition or question which was not fully considered by the court in rendering its decision, and nothing being presented to change the opinion of any member of this court who participated in the original decision upon the question decided, the motion for rehearing is denied, remittitur to issue forthwith. Gas Products Co. v. Rankin, 63 Mont. 372, 395, 398, 207 Pac. 993, 999, 1000, 24 A.L.R. 294.