California Codes, Civil Code - CIV, Division 3 — Obligations, Part 2 — Contracts, Title 2 — Manner of Creating Contracts, Section 1623
Where a contract, which is required by law to be in writing, is prevented from being put into writing by the fraud of a party thereto, any other party who is by such fraud led to believe that it is in writing, and acts upon such belief to his prejudice, may enforce it against the fraudulent party.
Notes
Allows enforcement against a fraudulent party when that party’s fraud prevents a legally required written contract from being put into writing and causes another party to believe it is written and act on that belief to the party’s prejudice. The remedy is limited to enforcement against the party responsible for the fraud.
Use as reference
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