Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 26. EVIDENCE

CHAPTER 3. EFFECT OF FORMER JUDGMENTS AND ORDERS

Part 2. Effect of Specific Kinds of Judicial Records

Effect Of Other Judicial Orders -- When Disputable Presumption Created

26-3-202. Effect of other judicial orders -- when disputable presumption created. Other judicial orders of a court or judge of this state or of the United States create a disputable presumption, according to the matter directly determined, between the same parties and their representatives and successors in interest by title subsequent to the commencement of the action or special proceeding, litigating for the same thing under the same title and in the same capacity.

History: En. Sec. 3197, C. Civ. Proc. 1895; re-en. Sec. 7915, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 10559, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. C. Civ. Proc. Sec. 1909; re-en. Sec. 10559, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 93-1001-21.