2019 Montana Code Annotated
Title 70. Property
Chapter 6. Bailment -- Deposit
Part 2. Rights and Duties of the Parties Generally
70-6-202. Liability for damage from wrongful use

Universal Citation: MT Code § 70-6-202 (2019)

70-6-202. Liability for damage from wrongful use. A depositary is liable for any damage happening to the thing deposited during the depositary's wrongful use of the thing unless the damage inevitably would have happened if the property had not been used.

History: En. Sec. 2463, Civ. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 5148, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 7651, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Civ. C. Sec. 1836; Field Civ. C. Sec. 922; re-en. Sec. 7651, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 20-204; amd. Sec. 2078, Ch. 56, L. 2009.

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