1. MCA Contents
  2. TITLE 28
  3. CHAPTER 3
  4. Part 2
  5. 28-3-206 Uncertainty to be resolved against party causing it

Montana Code Annotated 2021

TITLE 28. CONTRACTS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS

CHAPTER 3. INTERPRETATION OF CONTRACTS

Part 2. General Rules of Interpretation

Uncertainty To Be Resolved Against Party Causing It

28-3-206. Uncertainty to be resolved against party causing it. In cases of uncertainty not removed by parts 1 through 5 of this chapter, the language of a contract should be interpreted most strongly against the party who caused the uncertainty to exist. The promisor is presumed to be that party.

History: En. Sec. 2219, Civ. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 5043, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 7545, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Civ. C. Sec. 1654; Field Civ. C. Sec. 819; re-en. Sec. 7545, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 13-720; amd. Sec. 25, Ch. 117, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 31, L. 2013.