Corcoran v. Fousek
| Decision Date | 10 July 1951 |
| Docket Number | No. 9074,9074 |
| Citation | 125 Mont. 223,233 P.2d 1040 |
| Parties | CORCORAN v. FOUSEK et al. |
| Court | Montana Supreme Court |
Hoffman & Cure, Gray & Gray, Great Falls, for appellants.
J. H. Corcoran, McCabe & McCabe, Great Falls, for respondent.
On April 25, 1927, J. H. Corcoran, plaintiff and respondent, A. J. Fousek and A. H. Gray, defendants and appellants, with others, purchased through A. J. Fousek, as trustee, under a written trust agreement, the assets of the defunct American Bank and Trust Company of Great Falls, Montana.
In 1949 Corcoran brought this action against Fousek and Gray for an accounting from them of the receipts, properties and profits of the trust estate received by them and asking that he be decreed the owner of a nine twenty-thirds interest in all moneys and property of such trust estate, together with his costs and for such other relief as was equitable and lawful.
On December 7, 1950, after hearing had, the district court made an order directing defendants to render an account to plaintiff of all the assets of such trust estate coming into their possession, and that plaintiff render an account to defendants of all assets of the trust estate coming into his possession.
From this order defendants have appealed and plaintiff has moved to dismiss the appeal upon the ground that such order is not appealable.
The right of appeal is purely statutory. Ringling v. Biering, et al., 83 Mont. 391, 272 P. 688.
The order for an accounting, under consideration here, is not named as an appealable order by, and it cannot be deemed a final judgment, under the provisions of R.C.M. 1947, section 93-8003, which permits appeals to be taken to the supreme court from a district court from a final judgment and from certain named orders.
A judgment is the final determination of the rights of the parties in an action or proceeding. R.C.M. 1947, section 93-4701. See also State ex rel. Meyer v. District Court, 102 Mont. 222, 57 P.2d 778, and State Bank of New Salem v. Schultze, 63 Mont. 410, 209 P. 599, 'If the 'order' has the effect of finally determining the rights of the parties, in other words, disposed of the case finally, it is a 'judgment,' the 'title to the instrument' being not conclusive; it is to be judged by its contents and substance.' State ex rel. Meyer v. District Court, supra. [102 Mont. 222, 57 P.2d 780.] See also Ross v. Greenwald, 112 Mont. 324, 115 P.2d 290.
The order for an accounting is in no way final. It...
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