28-2-401. When apparent consent not free, MCA
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  2. TITLE 28
  3. CHAPTER 2
  4. Part 4
  5. 28-2-401 When apparent consent not free

Montana Code Annotated 2019

TITLE 28. CONTRACTS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS

CHAPTER 2. CONTRACTS

Part 4. Circumstances Which Affect Validity of Apparent Consent

When Apparent Consent Not Free

28-2-401. When apparent consent not free. (1) An apparent consent is not real or free when obtained through:

(a) duress;

(b) menace;

(c) fraud;

(d) undue influence; or

(e) mistake.

(2) Consent is deemed to have been obtained through one of the causes mentioned in subsection (1) only when it would not have been given had such cause not existed.

History: En. Secs. 2112, 2113, Civ. C. 1895; re-en. Secs. 4973, 4974, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Secs. 7475, 7476, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Civ. C. Secs. 1567, 1568; Field Civ. C. Secs. 752, 753; re-en. Secs. 7475, 7476, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 13-303, 13-304.