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 4. EXTINCTION OF OBLIGATIONS [1473 - 1543]
( Title 4 enacted 1872. ) CHAPTER 3. Prevention of Performance or Offer [1511 - 1515]
( Chapter 3 enacted 1872. ) 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.
(Enacted 1872.)