70-1-423. Future interest not defeated by destruction of other interest. No future interest can be defeated or barred by any alienation or other act of the owner of the intermediate or precedent interest or by destruction of such precedent interest by forfeiture, surrender, merger, or otherwise, except as provided by 70-1-424 or where a forfeiture is imposed by statute as a penalty for the violation thereof.
History: En. Sec. 1182, Civ. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 4476, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 6718, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Civ. C. Sec. 741; Field Civ. C. Sec. 213; re-en. Sec. 6718, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 67-419.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Chapter 1. Property in General Real and Personal
Part 4. Conditions and Limitations of Ownership
70-1-401. Fixing time of enjoyment -- computation -- condition
70-1-403. Condition precedent requiring wrongful act
70-1-404. Conditions restraining marriage void
70-1-405. Conditions restraining alienation void
70-1-419. Future interest not void for improbable contingency
70-1-420. Future interest limited to class -- posthumous children
70-1-421. Future interest subject to defeat -- how -- not void
70-1-422. Future interest contingent on death without children -- how defeated
70-1-423. Future interest not defeated by destruction of other interest
70-1-424. Future contingent interest -- termination of precedent interest