1. MCA Contents
  2. TITLE 1
  3. CHAPTER 3
  4. Part 2
  5. 1-3-216 Preference to earliest

Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 1. GENERAL LAWS AND DEFINITIONS

CHAPTER 3. MAXIMS OF JURISPRUDENCE

Part 2. Text of Maxims

Preference To Earliest

1-3-216. Preference to earliest. Between rights otherwise equal, the earliest is preferred.

History: En. Sec. 4616, Civ. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 6193, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 8754, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Civ. C. Sec. 3525; Field Civ. C. Sec. 1980; re-en. Sec. 8754, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 49-117.