Montana Code Annotated · § 1-2-104 — Preference to construction favoring natural right
1-2-104. Preference to construction favoring natural right
When a statute is equally susceptible of two interpretations, one in favor of natural right and the other against it, the former is to be adopted.
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History and annotations
En. Sec. 620, p. 200, L. 1877; re-en. Sec. 620, 1st Div. Rev. Stat. 1879; re-en. Sec. 638, 1st Div. Comp. Stat. 1887; re-en. Sec. 3142, C. Civ. Proc. 1895; re-en. Sec. 7883, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 10527, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. C. Civ. Proc. Sec. 1866; re-en. Sec. 10527, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 93-401-23(part).
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