Montana Code 30-2-510. Effect of breach on risk of loss
30-2-510. Effect of breach on risk of loss. (1) Where a tender or delivery of goods so fails to conform to the contract as to give a right of rejection the risk of their loss remains on the seller until cure or acceptance.
Terms Used In Montana Code 30-2-510
- Buyer: means a person who buys or contracts to buy goods. See Montana Code 30-2-103
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Contract for sale: includes both a present sale of goods and a contract to sell goods at a future time. See Montana Code 30-2-106
- Seller: means a person who sells or contracts to sell goods. See Montana Code 30-2-103
(2)Where the buyer rightfully revokes acceptance the buyer may to the extent of any deficiency in the buyer’s effective insurance coverage treat the risk of loss as having rested on the seller from the beginning.
(3)Where the buyer as to conforming goods already identified to the contract for sale repudiates or is otherwise in breach before risk of their loss has passed to the buyer, the seller may to the extent of any deficiency in the seller’s effective insurance coverage treat the risk of loss as resting on the buyer for a commercially reasonable time.