1. MCA Contents
  2. TITLE 25
  3. CHAPTER 31
  4. Part 8
  5. 25-31-802 When issues of fact arise

Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 25. CIVIL PROCEDURE

CHAPTER 31. PROCEDURE IN JUSTICES' COURTS

Part 8. Trial

When Issues Of Fact Arise

25-31-802. When issues of fact arise. An issue of fact arises:

(1) whenever a material allegation in the complaint is controverted by the answer; and

(2) whenever the answer contains new matter which raises questions of fact and not merely an issue of law.

History: En. Sec. 1602, C. Civ. Proc. 1895; re-en. Sec. 7040, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 9673, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. C. Civ. Proc. Sec. 880; re-en. Sec. 9673, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 93-7203; amd. Sec. 124, Ch. 575, L. 1981.