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Title 27 - CIVIL LIABILITY, REMEDIES, AND LIMITATIONSChapter 1 - AVAILABILITY OF REMEDIES - LIABILITY
Part 3 - MEASURE OF DAMAGES
Section 27-1-321 - Conversion of personal property - damages of lienholder

Mont. Code § 27-1-321

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Section 27-1-321 - Conversion of personal property - damages of lienholder

A person having a mere lien on personal property cannot recover greater damages for the property's conversion, from a person having a right to the property superior to the person holding the lien after the lien is discharged, than the amount secured by the lien and the compensation allowed by 27-1-320(1) for the loss of time and expenses.

§ 27-1-321, MCA

En. Sec. 4335, Civ. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 6073, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 8691, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Civ. C. Sec. 3338; Field Civ. C. Sec. 1865; re-en. Sec. 8691, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 17-406; amd. Sec. 569, Ch. 56, L. 2009.