STATE EX REL. LUCIER v. MURPHY

No. 11882.

478 P.2d 273 (1970)

The STATE of Montana on the Relation of Armand J. LUCIER, A.W. Fetscher and H.W. Stoutenberg as the Board of County Commissioners of Missoula County, Montana, Relators and Appellants, v. John G. MURPHY as the Sheriff of Missoula County, Montana, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided December 17, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Woodahl, Atty. Gen., Lawrence D. Huss, argued, Asst. Atty. Gen., Helena, Harold J. Pinsoneault, County Atty., Missoula, for appellants.

Garnaas, Hall & Riley, J. Robert Riley, argued, and Harold L. Garnaas, appeared, Missoula, for respondent.


JAMES T. HARRISON, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal by the relators, the Board of County Commissioners of Missoula County, from an order in the district court of Missoula County which denied relator's request for a writ of mandamus to be issued to respondent, John G. Murphy, sheriff of Missoula County.

The record discloses that on October 2, 1969, relators issued a directive to respondent demanding an itemized detailed accounting of county funds received by...

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