Civil Code - CIV
DIVISION 3. OBLIGATIONS [1427 - 3273.69]
( Heading of Division 3 amended by Stats. 1988, Ch. 160, Sec. 14. ) PART 1. OBLIGATIONS IN GENERAL [1427 - 1543]
( Part 1 enacted 1872. ) TITLE 2. INTERPRETATION OF OBLIGATIONS [1429 - 1451]
( Title 2 enacted 1872. ) CHAPTER 4. Alternative Obligations [1448 - 1451]
( Chapter 4 enacted 1872. ) 1451.
If one of the alternative acts required by an obligation is such as the law will not enforce, or becomes unlawful, or impossible of performance, the obligation is to be interpreted as though the other stood alone.
(Enacted 1872.)