Montana § 25-4-504 Depositions Of Witnesses Upon Postponement

Montana Statutes

§ 25-4-504 — Depositions Of Witnesses Upon Postponement

Montana § 25-4-504

Title 25CIVIL PROCEDURE

Ch. 4PLEADINGS, MOTIONS, AND OTHER PAPERS

Part 5Motion to Postpone Trial

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Bluebook

Mont. Code Ann. § 25-4-504 (2026).

Text

25-4-504 . Depositions of witnesses upon postponement. The party obtaining a postponement of a trial in any court of record must, if required by the adverse party, consent that the testimony of any witness of such adverse party who is in attendance be then taken by deposition before a judge or clerk of the court in which the case is pending or before such notary public as the court may indicate, which must accordingly be done, and the testimony so taken may be read on the trial with the same effect and subject to the same objections as if the witnesses were produced.

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25-4-504 . Depositions of witnesses upon postponement. The party obtaining a postponement of a trial in any court of record must, if required by the adverse party, consent that the testimony of any witness of such adverse party who is in attendance be then taken by deposition before a judge or clerk of the court in which the case is pending or before such notary public as the court may indicate, which must accordingly be done, and the testimony so taken may be read on the trial with the same effect and subject to the same objections as if the witnesses were produced.

Legislative History

En. Sec. 447, p. 133, Bannack Stat.; re-en. Sec. 604, p. 158, Cod. Stat. 1871; re-en. Sec. 245, p. 99, L. 1877; re-en. Sec. 245, 1st Div. Rev. Stat. 1879; re-en. Sec. 254, 1st Div. Comp. Stat. 1887; amd. Sec. 1040, C. Civ. Proc. 1895; re-en. Sec. 6730, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 9333, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. C. Civ. Proc. Sec. 596; re-en. Sec. 9333, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 93-4911.