1. MCA Contents
  2. TITLE 37
  3. CHAPTER 61
  4. Part 4
  5. 37-61-407 Penalty for delay

TITLE 37. PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS

CHAPTER 61. ATTORNEYS AT LAW

Part 4. Provisions Regulating Practice

Penalty For Delay

37-61-407. Penalty for delay. An attorney who willfully delays a client's cause with a view to the attorney's own gain or willfully receives money or an allowance for or on account of money that the attorney has not laid out or become answerable for forfeits to the party injured treble damages.

History: En. Sec. 404, C. Civ. Proc. 1895; re-en. Sec. 6396, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 8979, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Pen. C. Sec. 160; re-en. Sec. 8979, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 93-2106; amd. Sec. 1436, Ch. 56, L. 2009.