Civil Code - CIV
DIVISION 4. GENERAL PROVISIONS [3274 - 9566]
( Heading of Division 4 amended by Stats. 1988, Ch. 160, Sec. 16. ) PART 1. RELIEF [3274 - 3428]
( Part 1 enacted 1872. ) TITLE 2. COMPENSATORY RELIEF [3281 - 3361]
( Title 2 enacted 1872. ) CHAPTER 2. Measure of Damages [[3300.] - 3361]
( Chapter 2 enacted 1872. ) ARTICLE 1. Damages for Breach of Contract [[3300.] - 3322]
( Article 1 enacted 1872. ) 3318.
The detriment caused by the breach of a warranty of an agent’s authority, is deemed to be the amount which could have been recovered and collected from his principal if the warranty had been complied with, and the reasonable expenses of legal proceedings taken, in good faith, to enforce the act of the agent against his principal.
(Enacted 1872.)