LAKE COUNTY'S OBLIGATION v. HUTCHIN

No. 86-114.

724 P.2d 183 (1986)

In the Matter of LAKE COUNTY'S OBLIGATION FOR OPERATING COSTS OF the FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT, MISSOULA, COUNTY, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Michael HUTCHIN, Harold Fitzner, and Don Peterson, in their official capacities as Lake County Commissioners, and Lake County, a political subdivision of the State of Montana, Defendants and Appellants.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided August 25, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Frederick, Co. Atty., Polson, for defendants and appellants.

Robert L. Deschamps, III, Co. Atty., Missoula, for plaintiff and respondent.


GULBRANDSON, Justice.

The Lake County Commissioners and Lake County appeal an order from the Missoula County District Court denying their motion for a change of venue. We reverse and remand with an instruction to the District Court to change the place of trial to the First Judicial District, Lewis and Clark County.

On August 9, 1985, the Missoula County District Court issued an order commanding the Lake County Commissioners within thirty days to pay Missoula...

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