1. MCA Contents
  2. TITLE 70
  3. CHAPTER 20
  4. Part 3
  5. 70-20-313 Grant by owner for life or years

Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 70. PROPERTY

CHAPTER 20. TRANSFER OF REAL PROPERTY

Part 3. Effect of Transfer

Grant By Owner For Life Or Years

70-20-313. Grant by owner for life or years. A grant made by an owner of an estate for life or years, purporting to transfer a greater estate than the owner could lawfully transfer, does not work a forfeiture of the owner's estate but passes to the grantee all the estate that the grantor could lawfully transfer.

History: En. Sec. 1514, Civ. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 4622, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 6869, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Civ. C. Sec. 1108; Field Civ. C. Sec. 491; re-en. Sec. 6869, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 67-1611; amd. Sec. 2150, Ch. 56, L. 2009.