1. MCA Contents
  2. TITLE 70
  3. CHAPTER 4
  4. Part 2
  5. 70-4-205 Owner of materials wrongfully used -- election of remedies

Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 70. PROPERTY

CHAPTER 4. ACCESSION AND INTERMIXTURE PERSONAL PROPERTY

Part 2. Uniting of Materials -- Workmanship

Owner Of Materials Wrongfully Used -- Election Of Remedies

70-4-205. Owner of materials wrongfully used -- election of remedies. If a person whose material has been used without the person's knowledge in order to form a product of a different description can claim an interest in the product, the person has an option to demand either restitution of the person's material in kind, in the same quantity, weight, measure, and quality, or the value of the material or, if the person is entitled to the product, the value of the product in place of the product.

History: En. Sec. 1417, Civ. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 4586, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 6833, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Civ. C. Sec. 1032; Field Civ. C. Sec. 456; re-en. Sec. 6833, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 67-1408; amd. Sec. 2068, Ch. 56, L. 2009.