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2019 Montana Code Annotated
Title 70. Property
Chapter 6. Bailment -- Deposit
Part 2. Rights and Duties of the Parties Generally
70-6-203. Loss or injury of thing deposited
Universal Citation: MT Code § 70-6-203 (2019)
70-6-203. Loss or injury of thing deposited. If a thing is lost during its deposit and the depositary refuses to inform the depositor of the circumstances under which the loss or injury occurred so far as the depositary has information concerning them or willfully misrepresents the circumstances to the depositor, the depositary is presumed to have willfully or by gross negligence permitted the loss or injury to occur.
History: En. Sec. 2465, Civ. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 5150, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 7653, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Civ. C. Sec. 1838; Based on Field Civ. C. Sec. 924; re-en. Sec. 7653, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 20-206; amd. Sec. 2079, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
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