{"data":{"id":"us-mt/28-11-216","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"28-11-216","heading":"Effect of part performance on guarantor's liability.","body":"The acceptance by a creditor of anything in partial satisfaction of an obligation reduces the obligation of a guarantor thereof in the same measure as that of the principal but does not otherwise affect it.","path":["TITLE 28. CONTRACTS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS","CHAPTER 11. GUARANTY, INDEMNITY, AND SURETYSHIP","Part 2. Guaranty -- Liability and Exoneration of Guarantor"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0280/chapter_0110/part_0020/section_0160/0280-0110-0020-0160.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:50:47Z","sha256":"23d11ed71048fe905206f15119a1493518789c80eef87b185990fd73d6702868","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/28-11-215","next":"us-mt/28-11-301"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}