Montana Code Annotated 2017

TITLE 25. CIVIL PROCEDURE

CHAPTER 11. NEW TRIAL

Part 1. General Provisions

How Motion For New Trial Made

25-11-104. How motion for new trial made. (1) Motions for new trials shall be made as follows:

(a) For causes mentioned in 25-11-102(1), the motion shall be made on affidavits or on the minutes of the court.

(b) For causes mentioned in subsection (2), (3), or (4) of 25-11-102, the motion shall be made only on affidavits.

(c) For causes mentioned in subsection (5), (6), or (7) of 25-11-102, the motion shall be made only on the minutes of the court.

(2) The official stenographic reports of the trial may be referred to as a part of the minutes of the court.

History: En. Sec. 170, p. 77, Bannack Stat.; re-en. Sec. 234, p. 75, Cod. Stat. 1871; amd. Sec. 286, p. 112, L. 1877; re-en. Sec. 286, 1st Div. Rev. Stat. 1879; re-en. Sec. 297, 1st Div. Comp. Stat. 1887; re-en. Sec. 1172, C. Civ. Proc. 1895; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 41, L. 1907; Sec. 6795, Rev. C. 1907; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 225, L. 1921; re-en. Sec. 9398, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. C. Civ. Proc. Sec. 658; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 68, L. 1935; re-en. Sec. 9398, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 93-5604; amd. Sec. 103, Ch. 575, L. 1981.