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Mont. Code Ann. § 1-3-224 (2026)

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  1. MCA Contents
  2. TITLE 1
  3. CHAPTER 3
  4. Part 2
  5. 1-3-224 Trifles

TITLE 1. GENERAL LAWS AND DEFINITIONS

CHAPTER 3. MAXIMS OF JURISPRUDENCE

Part 2. Text of Maxims

Trifles

1-3-224. Trifles. The law disregards trifles.

History: En. Sec. 4624, Civ. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 6201, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 8762, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Civ. C. Sec. 3533; Field Civ. C. Sec. 1988; re-en. Sec. 8762, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 49-125.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1995–2022 · leading case: State v. Branam, 2006 MT 300 (Mont. 2006).
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State v. Branam, 2006 MT 300 (Mont. 2006). · cites it 3× “Section 1-3-224, MCA. CONCLUSION ¶29 Reversed and remanded for further proceedings consistent with this Opinion.”
State v. L. Gardner, 2022 MT 3 (Mont. 2022). · cites it 2× “7 ¶16 Section 61-9-221, MCA, provides, in pertinent part: Whenever a motor vehicle is being operated on a roadway or shoulder adjacent to a roadway during the tirnes specified in 61-9-201, the driver shall use a distribution of light, or composite beam, capable of revealing…”
City of Bozeman v. Vaniman, 898 P.2d 1208 (Mont. 1995). · cites it 6× “By telling the District Court that it had to make this determination, we instructed the District Court to consider the Chamber's involvement in the case, which the court had not done, and then to make a determination after considering the facts before it as to whether the matter…”
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