California CodesCivil Code - CIVDivision 3 — ObligationsPart 1 — Obligations in GeneralTitle 4 — Extinction of ObligationsChapter 3 — Prevention of Performance or OfferSection 1514
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.
Notes
Allows a debtor whose performance is prevented by an excusing cause other than the creditor’s act to receive a proportional share of the consideration that full performance would have earned. The amount is measured according to the benefit the creditor actually receives from the debtor’s partial performance.
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