Montana Code 28-11-105. When guaranty considered original obligation and need not be in writing
28-11-105. When guaranty considered original obligation and need not be in writing. A promise to answer for the obligation of another in any of the following cases is considered an original obligation of the promisor and need not be in writing:
Terms Used In Montana Code 28-11-105
- Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
- Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
- Person: includes a corporation or other entity as well as a natural person. See Montana Code 1-1-201
- Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
- Property: means real and personal property. See Montana Code 1-1-205
- Writing: includes printing. See Montana Code 1-1-203
(1)when the promise is made by one who has received property of another upon an undertaking to apply the property pursuant to the promise or by one who has received a discharge from an obligation, in whole or in part, in consideration of the promise;
(2)when the creditor parts with value or enters into an obligation in consideration of the obligation in respect to which the promise is made, in terms or under circumstances that render the party making the promise the principal debtor and the person in whose behalf the promise is made the party’s surety;
(3)when the promise, being for an antecedent obligation of another, is made upon a consideration:
(a)that the party receiving the promise cancels the antecedent obligation, accepting the new promise as a substitute for the antecedent obligation;
(b)that the party receiving the promise releases the property of another from a levy; or
(c)beneficial to the promisor, whether moving from either party to the antecedent obligation or from another person;
(4)when a factor undertakes to sell merchandise for a commission and guarantee the sale;
(5)when the holder of an instrument for the payment of money upon which a third person is or may become liable to the holder transfers the instrument in payment of a precedent debt of the holder’s own or for a new consideration and in connection with the transfer enters into a promise respecting the instrument.