2020 Montana Code Annotated
Title 70. Property
Chapter 20. Transfer of Real Property
Part 3. Effect of Transfer
70-20-313. Grant by owner for life or years

Universal Citation: MT Code § 70-20-313 (2020)

70-20-313. Grant by owner for life or years. A grant made by an owner of an estate for life or years, purporting to transfer a greater estate than the owner could lawfully transfer, does not work a forfeiture of the owner's estate but passes to the grantee all the estate that the grantor could lawfully transfer.

History: En. Sec. 1514, Civ. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 4622, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 6869, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Civ. C. Sec. 1108; Field Civ. C. Sec. 491; re-en. Sec. 6869, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 67-1611; amd. Sec. 2150, Ch. 56, L. 2009.

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