1. MCA Contents
  2. TITLE 28
  3. CHAPTER 1
  4. Part 4
  5. 28-1-408 Condition involving forfeiture to be strictly construed

Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 28. CONTRACTS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS

CHAPTER 1. OBLIGATIONS IN GENERAL

Part 4. Conditional Obligations

Condition Involving Forfeiture To Be Strictly Construed

28-1-408. Condition involving forfeiture to be strictly construed. A condition involving a forfeiture must be strictly interpreted against the party for whose benefit it is created.

History: En. Sec. 1958, Civ. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 4906, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 7408, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Civ. C. Sec. 1442; Field Civ. C. Sec. 684; re-en. Sec. 7408, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 58-212.