1. MCA Contents
  2. TITLE 26
  3. CHAPTER 1
  4. Part 5
  5. 26-1-502 When an inference arises

Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 26. EVIDENCE

CHAPTER 1. STATUTORY PROVISIONS ON EVIDENCE

Part 5. Inferences

When An Inference Arises

26-1-502. When an inference arises. An inference must be founded:

(1) on a fact legally proved; and

(2) on a deduction from that fact that is warranted by a consideration of the usual propensities or passions of people, the particular propensities or passions of the person whose act is in question, the course of business, or the course of nature.

History: En. Sec. 3263, C. Civ. Proc. 1895; re-en. Sec. 7959, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 10603, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. C. Civ. Proc. Sec. 1960; re-en. Sec. 10603, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 93-1301-4; amd. Sec. 526, Ch. 56, L. 2009.