{"data":{"id":"us-mt/28-1-504","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"28-1-504","heading":"When obligation to be interpreted as though a particular alternative did not exist.","body":"If one of the alternative acts required by an obligation is such as the law will not enforce or becomes unlawful or impossible of performance, the obligation is to be interpreted as though the other or others stood alone.","path":["TITLE 28. CONTRACTS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS","CHAPTER 1. OBLIGATIONS IN GENERAL","Part 5. Alternative Obligations"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0280/chapter_0010/part_0050/section_0040/0280-0010-0050-0040.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:50:41Z","sha256":"fbc51e868321388203dafb1a78829294be191c2f9bf8eeb0aafde004e3b8ab1e","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/28-1-503","next":"us-mt/28-1-1001"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}