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Montana Code
Title 28 - CONTRACTS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONSChapter 1 - OBLIGATIONS IN GENERAL
Part 16 - RELEASE OF DEBTOR BY CREDITOR
Section 28-1-1603 - Effect of release of some but not all joint debtors

Mont. Code § 28-1-1603

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Section 28-1-1603 - Effect of release of some but not all joint debtors

A release of one of two or more joint debtors does not extinguish the obligation of any of the others unless they are mere guarantors, nor does it affect their rights to contribution from the released debtor.

§ 28-1-1603, MCA

En. Sec. 2082, Civ. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 4964, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 7466, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Civ. C. Sec. 1543; Field Civ. C. Sec. 743; re-en. Sec. 7466, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 58-511; amd. Sec. 768, Ch. 56, L. 2009.