Statutes > Montana Statutes > TITLE 28. CONTRACTS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS > CHAPTER 3. INTERPRETATION OF CONTRACTS > Part 3. Intention of the Parties > 28-3-304. When writing disregarded.

28-3-304. When writing disregarded.


     28-3-304. When writing disregarded. When through fraud, mistake, or accident a written contract fails to express the real intention of the parties, such intention is to be regarded and the erroneous parts of the writing disregarded.

     History: En. Sec. 2205, Civ. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 5029, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 7531, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Civ. C. Sec. 1640; Field Civ. C. Sec. 805; re-en. Sec. 7531, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 13-706.