1. MCA Contents
  2. TITLE 25
  3. CHAPTER 5
  4. Part 1
  5. 25-5-103 Suing party by fictitious name

Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 25. CIVIL PROCEDURE

CHAPTER 5. PARTIES

Part 1. Designation of Parties

Suing Party By Fictitious Name

25-5-103. Suing party by fictitious name. When the plaintiff does not know the name of the defendant, the defendant may be designated in any pleading or proceeding by any name. When the defendant's true name is discovered, the pleadings or proceedings may be amended accordingly.

History: En. Sec. 68, p. 55, Bannack Stat.; re-en. Sec. 69, p. 147, L. 1867; re-en. Sec. 77, p. 42, Cod. Stat. 1871; re-en. Sec. 116, p. 67, L. 1877; re-en. Sec. 116, 1st Div. Rev. Stat. 1879; en. Sec. 1, p. 55, L. 1885; re-en. Sec. 118, 1st Div. Comp. Stat. 1887; re-en. Sec. 777, C. Civ. Proc. 1895; re-en. Sec. 6592, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 9190, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. C. Civ. Proc. Sec. 474; re-en. Sec. 9190, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 93-3908(part); amd. Sec. 400, Ch. 56, L. 2009.