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Mont. Code Ann. § 1-3-213 (2026)

Grant Includes Essentials

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TITLE 1. GENERAL LAWS AND DEFINITIONS

CHAPTER 3. MAXIMS OF JURISPRUDENCE

Part 2. Text of Maxims

Grant Includes Essentials

1-3-213. Grant includes essentials. One who grants a thing is presumed to grant also whatever is essential to its use.

History: En. Sec. 4613, Civ. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 6190, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 8751, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Civ. C. Sec. 3522; Field Civ. C. Sec. 1977; re-en. Sec. 8751, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 49-114.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases, 1996–2011 · leading case: Watson v. Dundas, 2006 MT 104 (Mont. 2006).
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Watson v. Dundas, 2006 MT 104 (Mont. 2006). · cites it 14× “Section 1-3-213, MCA, specifically codifies this principle.”
Erker v. Kester, 1999 MT 231 (Mont. 1999). · cites it 5× “” Section 1-3-213, MCA. See also Yellowstone Valley Co.”
Goyen v. City of Troy, 915 P.2d 824 (Mont. 1996). · cites it 6× “Section 1-3-213, MCA. Therefore, the statutory right to waive individual privacy implies that notice must be given to the individual discussed so that he or she has the opportunity to waive this right.”
Albert G. Hoyem Trust v. Galt, 1998 MT 300 (Mont. 1998). · cites it 3× “Section 1-3-213, MCA, requires that “[o]ne who grants a thing is presumed to grant also whatever is essential to its use.”
Yellowstone River, LLC v. Meriwether Land Fund I, LLC, 2011 MT 263 (Mont. 2011). · cites it 2× “3d 675 ; see also § 1-3-213, MCA (‘One who grants a thing is presumed to grant also whatever is essential to its use.”
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