Only in Montana

[Digital_photog ★]

https://wsbt.com/news/offbeat/conrad-students-ride-horses-to-school-montana-missoula

Students ride horses to school, cite old law requiring principal to care for them all day

[smudge ★]

Atta boy, Mr. DeBruyker!!

[Tizeye]

And the followup story...at least the sheep weren't given the death sentence...but three years in prison.  Does the sentence actually extend their expected life? Sounds like a reward.

[Thaddeus Kosciuszko]

It looks like the students   saddled   the principal with a lot of work.

[Digital_photog ★]

13 minutes ago, Thaddeus Kosciuszko said:

It looks like the students   saddled   the principal with a lot of work.

you are very punny

[Prophet Zacharia]

30 minutes ago, Digital_photog said:

you are very punny

We’d better reign him in. 

[TrentonMakes]

Oh, the pygmy pony over by the dental floss?

[MickinMD ★]

Interesting.  If it can be proven that the students CONSPIRED to all ride horses on one day just to cause a problem and extra expense for the school, they or their parents could be sued for those costs plus possible nuisance money, law or no law.

That's what nuisance laws due: cover things that are costly pranks that may not be against the law.

On the other hand, if it was all in fun and not a big expense, it's probably just as well to laugh about it - and get the law changed!

In Maryland, back in the 60's, there was an old law on the books allowing a man to shoot a man if he was caught in bed with first man's wife.

Someone realized his wife was having an affair, somehow learned about the law, and killed the guy while he was in bed with his wife.

He got away with it, though there was a lot of argument that went on for a long time about the case.  I don't know if there was any lawsuit or other legal action after the first verdict found him not guilty.

 

[sheep_herder ★]

2 hours ago, MickinMD said:

Interesting.  If it can be proven that the students CONSPIRED to all ride horses on one day just to cause a problem and extra expense for the school, they or their parents could be sued for those costs plus possible nuisance money, law or no law.

That's what nuisance laws due: cover things that are costly pranks that may not be against the law.

On the other hand, if it was all in fun and not a big expense, it's probably just as well to laugh about it - and get the law changed!

 

 

You really think that might happen in Montana?

[MickinMD ★]

10 minutes ago, sheep_herder said:

You really think that might happen in Montana?

Not unless it was done as a mean joke.  After how they went after the Hole in the Wall Gang, anything's possible!

[sheep_herder ★]

11 minutes ago, MickinMD said:

Not unless it was done as a mean joke.  After how they went after the Hole in the Wall Gang, anything's possible!

I thought that was in Wyoming, but operated some in Montana.

[Parr8hed]

That is awesome.  Recently there was a case where a kid got a tractor impounded.  A youtuber made a video about it and offered each kid that drove a tractor 500 dollars to drive it to school the next day.  It was some pretty funny stuff.