Montana Statutes
§ 37-61-407 — Penalty For Delay
Montana·Title 37 PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS·Ch. 61 ATTORNEYS AT LAW·Part 4 Provisions Regulating Practice
37-61-407 . Penalty for delay. An attorney who willfully delays a client's cause with a view to the attorney's own gain or willfully receives money or an allowance for or on account of money that the attorney has not laid out or become answerable for forfeits to the party injured treble damages.
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Legislative History
En. Sec. 404, C. Civ. Proc. 1895; re-en. Sec. 6396, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 8979, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Pen. C. Sec. 160; re-en. Sec. 8979, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 93-2106; amd. Sec. 1436, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
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