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Title 28 - CONTRACTS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONSChapter 3 - INTERPRETATION OF CONTRACTS
Part 2 - GENERAL RULES OF INTERPRETATION
Section 28-3-206 - Uncertainty to be resolved against party causing it

Mont. Code § 28-3-206

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Section 28-3-206 - Uncertainty to be resolved against party causing it

In cases of uncertainty not removed by parts 1 through 5 of this chapter, the language of a contract should be interpreted most strongly against the party who caused the uncertainty to exist. The promisor is presumed to be that party.

§ 28-3-206, MCA

Amended by Laws 2013, Ch. 31, Sec. 1, eff. 10/1/2013.
En. Sec. 2219, Civ. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 5043, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 7545, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Civ. C. Sec. 1654; Field Civ. C. Sec. 819; re-en. Sec. 7545, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 13-720; amd. Sec. 25, Ch. 117, L. 1979.