28-11-402. When apparent principal may show surety, MCA

Montana Code Annotated 2017

TITLE 28. CONTRACTS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS

CHAPTER 11. GUARANTY, INDEMNITY, AND SURETYSHIP

Part 4. Suretyship

When Apparent Principal May Show Surety

28-11-402. When apparent principal may show surety. A person who appears to be a principal, whether by the terms of a written instrument or otherwise, may show that the person is in fact a surety except as against persons who have acted on the faith of the person's apparent character of principal.

History: En. Sec. 3671, Civ. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 5681, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 8196, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Civ. C. Sec. 2832; Field Civ. C. Sec. 1559; re-en. Sec. 8196, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 30-402; amd. Sec. 830, Ch. 56, L. 2009.