1. MCA Contents
  2. TITLE 28
  3. CHAPTER 11
  4. Part 1
  5. 28-11-103 When separate consideration required

Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 28. CONTRACTS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS

CHAPTER 11. GUARANTY, INDEMNITY, AND SURETYSHIP

Part 1. Guaranty -- General Provisions

When Separate Consideration Required

28-11-103. When separate consideration required. When a guaranty is entered into at the same time with the original obligation or with the acceptance of the original obligation by the person making the guaranty and forms with that original obligation a part of the consideration to the person, no other consideration need exist. In all other cases, there must be a consideration distinct from that of the original obligation.

History: En. Sec. 3610, Civ. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 5658, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 8173, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Civ. C. Sec. 2792; Field Civ. C. Sec. 1536; re-en. Sec. 8173, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 30-103; amd. Sec. 817, Ch. 56, L. 2009.