Montana Code Annotated 2017

TITLE 27. CIVIL LIABILITY, REMEDIES, AND LIMITATIONS

CHAPTER 26. MANDAMUS -- WRIT OF MANDATE

Part 3. Procedure Upon Return of Writ

Answer Of Adverse Party

27-26-302. Answer of adverse party. On the return of the alternative or the day on which the application for the writ is noticed, the party on whom the writ or notice has been served may show cause by answer, under oath, made in the same manner as an answer to a complaint in a civil action.

History: En. Sec. 387, p. 123, Bannack Stat.; re-en. Sec. 446, p. 224, L. 1867; re-en. Sec. 522, p. 142, Cod. Stat. 1871; re-en. Sec. 552, p. 182, L. 1877; re-en. Sec. 552, 1st Div. Rev. Stat. 1879; re-en. Sec. 570, 1st Div. Comp. Stat. 1887; amd. Sec. 1965, C. Civ. Proc. 1895; re-en. Sec. 7218, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 9852, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. C. Civ. Proc. Sec. 1089; re-en. Sec. 9852, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 93-9106.