DIVISION 4. GENERAL PROVISIONS 3274-9566›PART 1. RELIEF 3274-3428›TITLE 2. COMPENSATORY RELIEF 3281-3360›CHAPTER 2. Measure of Damages [[3300.] - 3360.]›ARTICLE 1. Damages for Breach of Contract [[3300.] - 3322.]
§ 3318
California Civil Code · 2020-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California
The detriment caused by the breach of a warranty of an agent’s authority, is deemed to be the amount which could have been recovered and collected from his principal if the warranty had been complied with, and the reasonable expenses of legal proceedings taken, in good faith, to enforce the act of the agent against his principal.
(Enacted 1872.)
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