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California Civil Code

§ 1640

CIV § 1640Div. 3 · Title 3 · Part 2

Statute text

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When, through fraud, mistake, or accident, a written contract fails to express the real intention of the parties, such intention is to be regarded, and the erroneous parts of the writing disregarded.

Legislative history

Enacted 1872.

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