DIVISION 3. OBLIGATIONS 1427-3273.91›PART 1. OBLIGATIONS IN GENERAL 1427-1543›TITLE 4. EXTINCTION OF OBLIGATIONS 1473-1543›CHAPTER 3. Prevention of Performance or Offer 1511-1515

§ 1514

California Civil Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-10-03 · California

If performance of an obligation is prevented by any cause excusing performance, other than the act of the creditor, the debtor is entitled to a ratable proportion of the consideration to which he would have been entitled upon full performance, according to the benefit which the creditor receives from the actual performance.

(Enacted 1872.)

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