Mont. Code Ann. § 70-1-423
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70-1-423 Future interest not defeated by destruction of other interest
Official statutory text
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.
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