28-1-1504. When acceptance of novation may be rescinded, MCA

Montana Code Annotated 2017

TITLE 28. CONTRACTS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS

CHAPTER 1. OBLIGATIONS IN GENERAL

Part 15. Novation

When Acceptance Of Novation May Be Rescinded

28-1-1504. When acceptance of novation may be rescinded. When the obligation of a third person or an order upon the third person is accepted in satisfaction, the creditor may rescind the acceptance if:

(1) the debtor prevents the third person from complying with the order or from fulfilling the obligation;

(2) at the time the obligation or order is received, the third person is insolvent and the fact is unknown to the creditor; or

(3) before the creditor can, with reasonable diligence, present the order to the third person upon whom it is given, the third person becomes insolvent.

History: En. Sec. 2073, Civ. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 4961, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 7463, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Civ. C. Sec. 1533; Based on Field Civ. C. Sec. 740; re-en. Sec. 7463, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 58-508; amd. Sec. 766, Ch. 56, L. 2009.