Montana Code Annotated 2017

TITLE 28. CONTRACTS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS

CHAPTER 1. OBLIGATIONS IN GENERAL

Part 14. Accord and Satisfaction

Accord -- Definition And Effect

28-1-1401. Accord -- definition and effect. An accord is an agreement to accept in extinction of an obligation something different from or less than that to which the person agreeing to accept is entitled. Though the parties to an accord are bound to execute it, yet it does not extinguish the obligation until it is fully executed.

History: Ap. p. Sec. 2060, Civ. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 4954, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 7456, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Civ. C. Sec. 1521; Based on Field Civ. C. Sec. 732; re-en. Sec. 7456, R.C.M. 1935; Sec. 58-501, R.C.M. 1947; Ap. p. Sec. 2061, Civ. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 4955, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 7457, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Civ. C. Sec. 1522; Field Civ. C. Sec. 733; re-en. Sec. 7457, R.C.M. 1935; Sec. 58-502, R.C.M. 1947; R.C.M. 1947, 58-501, 58-502.