Montana Code Annotated 2021

TITLE 70. PROPERTY

CHAPTER 6. BAILMENT -- DEPOSIT

Part 2. Rights and Duties of the Parties Generally

Delivery Of Thing Owned Jointly

70-6-214. Delivery of thing owned jointly. If a thing deposited is owned jointly or in common by persons who cannot agree upon the manner of its delivery, the depositary may deliver to each person a proper share of the thing if it can be done without injury to the thing.

History: En. Sec. 2455, Civ. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 5144, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 7647, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Civ. C. Sec. 1827; Field Civ. C. Sec. 918; re-en. Sec. 7647, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 20-112; amd. Sec. 2088, Ch. 56, L. 2009.