119 P. 279 | Mont. | 1911
delivered the opinion of the court.
This action was brought to recover damages for injuries to real property, occasioned by a change in the grade of a street. Plaintiffs recovered judgment, and the city appealed. The complaint alleges: “That the above-named defendant, the city of Butte, is a municipal corporation, organized and existing under the laws of the state of Montana.” The answer of the city “admits that it is and was a municipal corporation, as charged in the complaint.”
1. It is insisted that the complaint does not state a cause of action, in that it does not allege that the defendant was a
2. Counsel for appellant contend that the description of
In State ex rel. Arthurs v. Board of Commissioners of Chouteau County, ante, p. 51, 118 Pac. 804, we had occasion to review at length the authorities upon this subject. A reference to that case' is sufficient here. So far as disclosed by this record, there was not any special demurrer interposed to this complaint, nor* indeed, any general demurrer or objection to
3. Exception is taken to the ruling of the trial court in admitting in evidence the private plat of C. S. Passmore & Co.
4. The evidence is sufficient to show that plaintiffs’ property is a part of the Hope Addition to Butte, and within the city
5. It is insisted that plaintiffs did not connect themselves
We do not find any reversible error in the record. The judgment and order denying defendant a new trial are affirmed.
Affirmed.