1. MCA Contents
  2. TITLE 28
  3. CHAPTER 2
  4. Part 17
  5. 28-2-1714 When rescission may be adjudged

Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 28. CONTRACTS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS

CHAPTER 2. CONTRACTS

Part 17. Extinction of Contracts -- Rescission

When Rescission May Be Adjudged

28-2-1714. When rescission may be adjudged. The rescission of a written contract may be adjudged on the application of a party aggrieved:

(1) in any of the cases mentioned in 28-2-1711;

(2) where the contract is unlawful for causes not apparent upon its face and the parties were not equally in fault; or

(3) when the public interest will be prejudiced by permitting it to stand.

History: En. Sec. 4440, Civ. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 6112, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 8730, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Civ. C. Sec. 3406; Field Civ. C. Sec. 1903; re-en. Sec. 8730, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 17-905.