Statutes > Montana Statutes > TITLE 28. CONTRACTS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS > CHAPTER 11. GUARANTY, INDEMNITY, AND SURETYSHIP > Part 2. Guaranty -- Liability and Exoneration of Guarantor > 28-11-216. Effect of part performance on guarantor's liability.

28-11-216. Effect of part performance on guarantor's liability.


     28-11-216. Effect of part performance on guarantor's liability. The acceptance by a creditor of anything in partial satisfaction of an obligation reduces the obligation of a guarantor thereof in the same measure as that of the principal but does not otherwise affect it.

     History: En. Sec. 3653, Civ. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 5676, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 8191, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Civ. C. Sec. 2822; Field Civ. C. Sec. 1554; re-en. Sec. 8191, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 30-211.