{"data":{"id":"us-mt/28-3-703","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"28-3-703","heading":"When promise presumed to be joint and several.","body":"(1) Where all the parties who unite in a promise receive some benefit from the consideration, whether past or present, their promise is presumed to be joint and several.\n(2) A promise made in the singular number but executed by several persons is presumed to be joint and several.","path":["TITLE 28. CONTRACTS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS","CHAPTER 3. INTERPRETATION OF CONTRACTS","Part 7. Provisions Implied by Law"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0280/chapter_0030/part_0070/section_0030/0280-0030-0070-0030.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:50:45Z","sha256":"a8e16b8647f9e0246763156faecf89efd4baf2e1d4b67a2a9780eef1acc83cc6","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/28-3-702","next":"us-mt/28-3-704"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}