Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 70. PROPERTY

CHAPTER 6. BAILMENT -- DEPOSIT

Part 2. Rights and Duties of the Parties Generally

Depositor To Indemnify Depositary -- Damage -- Expenses

70-6-210. Depositor to indemnify depositary -- damage -- expenses. A depositor shall indemnify the depositary for:

(1) all damage caused to the depositary by the defects or vices of the thing deposited; and

(2) all expenses necessarily incurred by the depositary about the thing, other than expenses involved in the nature of the undertaking.

History: En. Sec. 2460, Civ. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 5145, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 7648, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Civ. C. Sec. 1833; Field Civ. C. Sec. 919; re-en. Sec. 7648, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 20-201; amd. Sec. 2085, Ch. 56, L. 2009.