1. MCA Contents
  2. TITLE 1
  3. CHAPTER 3
  4. Part 2
  5. 1-3-208 Own wrong -- no advantage

TITLE 1. GENERAL LAWS AND DEFINITIONS

CHAPTER 3. MAXIMS OF JURISPRUDENCE

Part 2. Text of Maxims

Own Wrong -- No Advantage

1-3-208. Own wrong -- no advantage. A person may not take advantage of the person's own wrong.

History: En. Sec. 4608; Civ. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 6185, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 8746, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Civ. C. Sec. 3517; Field Civ. C. Sec. 1972; re-en. Sec. 8746, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 49-109; amd. Sec. 17, Ch. 61, L. 2007.