
    No. 104.
    Montana ex rel. Board of County Commissioners v. Bruce, County Assessor, et al.
    Argued December 6, 7, 1938.
    Decided January 9, 1939.
    
      Messrs. Edwin S. Booth, Jr. and Edwin S. Booth, Sr. for petitioner.
    
      Messrs. John M. Kline and Enor K. Matson, with whom Messrs. Harrison J. Freebourn, Attorney General of Montana, Thomas Dignan, E. G. Toomey, and R. S. McKellar were on the brief, for respondents.
   Per Curiam:

The judgment of the Supreme Court of Montana is affirmed by an equally divided Court.

Mr. Warner W. Gardner, with whom Solicitor General Jackson and Mr. Oscar Provost were on the brief, for the United States, as amicus curiae, by special leave of Court.  