1. MCA Contents
  2. TITLE 27
  3. CHAPTER 1
  4. Part 5
  5. 27-1-503 What defenses to action survive assignment of right to action

Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 27. CIVIL LIABILITY, REMEDIES, AND LIMITATIONS

CHAPTER 1. AVAILABILITY OF REMEDIES -- LIABILITY

Part 5. Right to Bring Action or Assert Defense

What Defenses To Action Survive Assignment Of Right To Action

27-1-503. What defenses to action survive assignment of right to action. In the case of an assignment of a thing in action, the action by the assignee is without prejudice to any setoff or other defense existing at the time of or before notice of the assignment, but this section shall apply only to the extent not otherwise provided for in the Uniform Commercial Code.

History: En. Sec. 5, p. 44, Bannack Stat.; re-en. Sec. 5, p. 136, L. 1867; re-en. Sec. 5, p. 28, Cod. Stat. 1871; re-en. Sec. 5, p. 40, L. 1877; re-en. Sec. 5, 1st Div. Rev. Stat. 1879; re-en. Sec. 5, 1st Div. Comp. Stat. 1887; re-en. Sec. 571, C. Civ. Proc. 1895; re-en. Sec. 6478, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 9068, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. C. Civ. Proc. Sec. 368; re-en. Sec. 9068, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 11-157, Ch. 264, L. 1963; R.C.M. 1947, 93-2802.