Walter B. Sands (January 28, 1870 – June 13, 1938)[1] was chief justice of the Montana Supreme Court from 1935 until his death in 1938.
[2] Born in Maiden Rock, Wisconsin, Sands moved to Harlem, Montana, with his father as a child.
He immediately began the practice of law in Chinook, Montana, and was active until his election as chief justice of the Supreme Court in 1934.
[2] During the election campaign, he pledged to accept only $6,000 of the $7,500 salary for the office, which Helena attorney W. D. Tipton asserted was a bribe.
Sands died from injuries following an accident in which he was hit by a bus that was backing up at an intersection, in Helena, Montana.