PART 2. OF CIVIL ACTIONS 307-1062.20›TITLE 6. OF THE PLEADINGS IN CIVIL ACTIONS 420-475›CHAPTER 8. Variance—Mistakes in Pleadings and Amendments 469-475
§ 471
California Code of Civil Procedure · 2020-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California
Where, however, the allegation of the claim or defense to which the proof is directed, is unproved, not in some particular or particulars only, but in its general scope and meaning, it is not to be deemed a case of variance, within the meaning of Sections 469 and 470, but a failure of proof.
(Amended by Stats. 1986, Ch. 540, Sec. 5.)
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