California Civil Code Section 1514

CA Civ Code § 1514 (2017)  

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.)

Last modified: October 25, 2018