Cal. Civ. Code § 1712

Current through the 2023 Legislative Session.
Section 1712 - Restoration of thing obtained without consent of owner

One who obtains a thing without the consent of its owner, or by a consent afterwards rescinded, or by an unlawful exaction which the owner could not at the time prudently refuse, must restore it to the person from whom it was thus obtained, unless he has acquired a title thereto superior to that of such other person, or unless the transaction was corrupt and unlawful on both sides.

Ca. Civ. Code § 1712

Enacted 1872.