Each person who is entitled to recover damages certain or capable of being made certain by calculation and the right to recover that is vested in the person upon a particular day is entitled also to recover interest on the damages from that day except during the time that the debtor is prevented by law or by the act of the creditor from paying the debt.
Mont. Code Ann. § 27-1-211
Right to interest
Applied in 6 court decisions — leading case American Simmental Ass'n v. Coregis Insurance (2002)
Most recently applied in Alexander Rudnicki and Francis Rudnicki as parents, guardians, and nextfriends and Pamela Rudnicki, as parents, guardians, and next friends v. Peter Bianco, D.O. (November 2023)
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Official source: Montana Code Annotated (Montana Legislature). Reproduced from public-domain Montana statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.