Montana Code Annotated 2019

TITLE 70. PROPERTY

CHAPTER 28. QUIETING TITLE TO REAL PROPERTY

Part 1. Quieting Title Generally

Termination Of Plaintiff's Right During Action -- Damages For Withholding

70-28-111. Termination of plaintiff's right during action -- damages for withholding. In an action for the recovery of real property when the plaintiff shows a right to recover at the time the action was commenced but it appears that the plaintiff's right has terminated during the pendency of the action, the verdict and judgment must be according to the fact and the plaintiff may recover damages for withholding the property.

History: En. Sec. 235, p. 92, Bannack Stat.; re-en. Sec. 256, p. 188, L. 1867; re-en. Sec. 305, p. 94, Cod. Stat. 1871; re-en. Sec. 356, p. 138, L. 1877; re-en. Sec. 356, 1st Div. Rev. Stat. 1879; re-en. Sec. 368, 1st Div. Comp. Stat. 1887; re-en. Sec. 1312, C. Civ. Proc. 1895; re-en. Sec. 6872, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 9490, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. C. Civ. Proc. Sec. 740; re-en. Sec. 9490, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 93-6214; amd. Sec. 2204, Ch. 56, L. 2009.