DIVISION 3. OBLIGATIONS 1427-3273›PART 2. CONTRACTS 1549-1701›TITLE 1. NATURE OF A CONTRACT 1549-1615›CHAPTER 2. Parties 1556-1559

§ 1558

California Civil Code · 2020-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

It is essential to the validity of a contract, not only that the parties should exist, but that it should be possible to identify them.

(Enacted 1872.)

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