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Montana Code Annotated · § 25-4-401 — Counterclaim by person sued in representative capacity

25-4-401. Counterclaim by person sued in representative capacity

In an action against an executor, administrator, or other person sued in a representative capacity, the defendant may set forth as a counterclaim a demand belonging to the decedent or other person whom the executor, administrator, or person represents when the person so represented would have been entitled to set forth the counterclaim in an action against the person.

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History and annotations

En. Sec. 695, C. Civ. Proc. 1895; re-en. Sec. 6545, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 9142, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 9142, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 93-3406; amd. Sec. 393, Ch. 56, L. 2009.

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