Montana Code 3-10-1005. Docket entries
3-10-1005. Docket entries. The justice of the peace shall enter in the docket kept by the justice for small claims cases the following:
Terms Used In Montana Code 3-10-1005
- Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
- Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
- Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
- Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
(1)the title of each action;
(2)the amount claimed;
(3)the date the order of court/notice to defendant was signed and the date of the trial as stated in the order;
(4)the date the parties appeared or the date on which default was entered;
(5)each adjournment, stating on whose application and to what time;
(6)the judgment of the court;
(7)a statement of any money paid to the justice, when, and by whom;
(8)the date of the issuance of any abstract of the judgment; and
(9)the date of the receipt of the notice of appeal, if any is given, and of the appeal bond, if any is filed.