{"data":{"id":"us-mt/26-1-502","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"26-1-502","heading":"When an inference arises.","body":"An inference must be founded:\n(1) on a fact legally proved; and\n(2) on a deduction from that fact that is warranted by a consideration of the usual propensities or passions of people, the particular propensities or passions of the person whose act is in question, the course of business, or the course of nature.","path":["TITLE 26. EVIDENCE","CHAPTER 1. STATUTORY PROVISIONS ON EVIDENCE","Part 5. Inferences"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0260/chapter_0010/part_0050/section_0020/0260-0010-0050-0020.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:50:19Z","sha256":"009f3b437623b82227ef1e9d2cfb00dfc127e60ab6239a50910dee19ceac05f6","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/26-1-501","next":"us-mt/26-1-601"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}