1. MCA Contents
  2. TITLE 28
  3. CHAPTER 2
  4. Part 7
  5. 28-2-701 What is unlawful

Montana Code Annotated 2019

TITLE 28. CONTRACTS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS

CHAPTER 2. CONTRACTS

Part 7. Illegal Objects and Provisions

What Is Unlawful

28-2-701. What is unlawful. That is not lawful which is:

(1) contrary to an express provision of law;

(2) contrary to the policy of express law, though not expressly prohibited; or

(3) otherwise contrary to good morals.

History: En. Sec. 2240, Civ. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 5051, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 7553, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Civ. C. Sec. 1667; Field Civ. C. Sec. 827; re-en. Sec. 7553, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 13-801.