Mont. Code Ann. § 28-2-405
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28-2-405 What constitutes actual fraud
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28-2-405 . What constitutes actual fraud. Actual fraud, within the meaning of this part, consists in any of the following acts committed by a party to the contract or with the party's connivance with intent to deceive another party to the contract or to induce the other party to enter into the contract:
(1) the suggestion as a fact of that which is not true by one who does not believe it to be true;
(2) the positive assertion, in a manner not warranted by the information of the person making it, of that which is not true, though the person believes it to be true;
(3) the suppression of that which is true by one having knowledge or belief of the fact;
(4) a promise made without any intention of performing it; or
(5) any other act fitted to deceive.
(1) the suggestion as a fact of that which is not true by one who does not believe it to be true;
(2) the positive assertion, in a manner not warranted by the information of the person making it, of that which is not true, though the person believes it to be true;
(3) the suppression of that which is true by one having knowledge or belief of the fact;
(4) a promise made without any intention of performing it; or
(5) any other act fitted to deceive.
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