Statutes > Montana Statutes > TITLE 27. CIVIL LIABILITY, REMEDIES, AND LIMITATIONS > CHAPTER 1. AVAILABILITY OF REMEDIES -- LIABILITY > Part 4. Specific and Preventive Relief > 27-1-420. No specific performance of agreement to buy property when title not clear.

27-1-420. No specific performance of agreement to buy property when title not clear.


     27-1-420. No specific performance of agreement to buy property when title not clear. An agreement for the sale of property cannot be specifically enforced in favor of a seller who cannot give to the buyer a title free from reasonable doubt.

     History: En. Sec. 4420, Civ. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 6106, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 8724, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Civ. C. Sec. 3394; Field Civ. C. Sec. 1897; re-en. Sec. 8724, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 17-811.