Montana Supreme Court October 29, 1906, No. 2,326 (State ex rel. Bray v. Settles)

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE BRANTLY

delivered the opinion of the court.

Mandamus. On or before September 9, 1905, the appellant (relator) “filed and presented to the board of county commissioners” of Lewis and Clark county a petition signed by twenty freeholders residing in the village of Wolf Creek in said county, asking that a license be issued to him permitting him to carry on the business of a retail