{"data":{"id":"us-mt/25-33-304","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"25-33-304","heading":"Dismissal of appeal upon delay -- costs and damages.","body":"For a failure to prosecute an appeal or unnecessary delay in bringing it to a hearing, the district court may order the appeal to be dismissed, with costs; and if it appear to such court that the appeal was made solely for delay, it may add to the costs such damages as may be just, not exceeding 25% of the judgment appealed from.","path":["TITLE 25. CIVIL PROCEDURE","CHAPTER 33. APPEAL TO DISTRICT COURT FROM JUSTICES' AND CITY COURTS","Part 3. Proceedings in District Court"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0250/chapter_0330/part_0030/section_0040/0250-0330-0030-0040.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:50:16Z","sha256":"61911f34396b3e609dfd9bb997ec787d1426500629732228b7961d656c05b8da","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/25-33-303","next":"us-mt/25-33-305"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}