1. MCA Contents
  2. TITLE 27
  3. CHAPTER 1
  4. Part 3
  5. 27-1-321 Conversion of personal property -- damages of lienholder

Montana Code Annotated 2019

TITLE 27. CIVIL LIABILITY, REMEDIES, AND LIMITATIONS

CHAPTER 1. AVAILABILITY OF REMEDIES -- LIABILITY

Part 3. Measure of Damages

Conversion Of Personal Property -- Damages Of Lienholder

27-1-321. Conversion of personal property -- damages of lienholder. A person having a mere lien on personal property cannot recover greater damages for the property's conversion, from a person having a right to the property superior to the person holding the lien after the lien is discharged, than the amount secured by the lien and the compensation allowed by 27-1-320(1) for the loss of time and expenses.

History: En. Sec. 4335, Civ. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 6073, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 8691, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Civ. C. Sec. 3338; Field Civ. C. Sec. 1865; re-en. Sec. 8691, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 17-406; amd. Sec. 569, Ch. 56, L. 2009.