70-26-101. Letting of parts of rooms prohibited. A person who hires part of a room for a dwelling is entitled to the whole of the room, notwithstanding any agreement to the contrary, and if a landlord lets a room as a dwelling for more than one family, the person to whom the landlord first lets any part of it is entitled to the possession of the whole room for the term agreed upon, and every tenant in the building under the same landlord is relieved from all obligation to pay rent to the landlord while the double letting of any room continues.
History: En. Sec. 2629, Civ. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 5235, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 7750, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Civ. C. Sec. 1950; Based on Field Civ. C. Sec. 998; re-en. Sec. 7750, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 42-210; amd. Sec. 2182, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Chapter 26. Landlord and Tenant Residential and Commercial
Part 1. Residential and Commercial
70-26-101. Letting of parts of rooms prohibited
70-26-102. Transferee of rental property to have same rights as transferor
70-26-103. Attornment of tenant to stranger void
70-26-104. Notice of action by third person served on tenant -- duty to inform landlord
70-26-105. Assignee of lessee -- remedies of lessor against
70-26-106. Rights of lessee and assignees against lessor and assignees
70-26-107. Remedy for rent on lease for life
70-26-108. Rent dependent on life -- recovery