70-4-102. Uniting several things -- to whom whole belongs

MT Code § 70-4-102 (2019) (N/A)
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70-4-102. Uniting several things -- to whom whole belongs. When things belonging to different owners have been united so as to form a single thing and cannot be separated without injury, the whole belongs to the owner of the thing that forms the principal part. However, that person shall reimburse the value of the residue to the other owner or surrender the whole to the other owner.

History: En. Sec. 1410, Civ. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 4579, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 6826, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Civ. C. Sec. 1025; Field Civ. C. Sec. 449; re-en. Sec. 6826, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 67-1401; amd. Sec. 2063, Ch. 56, L. 2009.