I was gifted a MacBook with no OS X. How can I get a copy of Mountain Lion?

My friend upgraded to a new MacBook and when he wiped his old one he gave it to me. Now it's waiting for me to load an OS X. I don't currently have one, so I was going to wait until Mountain lion came out, but now everything I read see seems to say you can only download it and only if you already have lion. Please help!

The friend who gave you the MacBook should have installed the original OS that came with the system and given you the install DVD's.
If he didn't you could do as Kappy wrote but the legality of that is suspect. The reason being you are suppose to have an Snow Leopard on a pre Lion system before upgrading to Lion.
You can also contact Apple and get the original OS DVD's that came with the system. Call Apple at1-800-SOS-APPL in the United States.
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