{"data":{"id":"us-mt/28-1-1105","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"28-1-1105","heading":"When partial performance extinguishes part of obligation.","body":"Partial performance of an indivisible obligation extinguishes a corresponding proportion of the obligation if the benefit of the performance is voluntarily retained by the creditor, but not otherwise. If the partial performance is of such a nature that the creditor cannot avoid retaining it without injuring the creditor's own property, the retention is not presumed to be voluntary.","path":["TITLE 28. CONTRACTS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS","CHAPTER 1. OBLIGATIONS IN GENERAL","Part 11. Extinction of Obligation by Performance"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0280/chapter_0010/part_0110/section_0050/0280-0010-0110-0050.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:50:42Z","sha256":"0cbcff2d7a1117140a9b969e5052caf3285a203c9046cadd89f4c11ce7da509d","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/28-1-1104","next":"us-mt/28-1-1106"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}