{"data":{"id":"us-mt/28-2-602","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"28-2-602","heading":"Essential characteristics of object.","body":"The object of the contract must be lawful when the contract is made and possible and ascertainable by the time the contract is to be performed. Everything is deemed possible except that which is impossible in the nature of things.","path":["TITLE 28. CONTRACTS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS","CHAPTER 2. CONTRACTS","Part 6. Object of a Contract"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0280/chapter_0020/part_0060/section_0020/0280-0020-0060-0020.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:50:43Z","sha256":"4f4396cfb0685b3b216fd3604a1a53a35fc7acfa06e8b3eccb42d243a9744370","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/28-2-601","next":"us-mt/28-2-603"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}