GroundRules
CIV § 1477
Where this section sits in the code
- Civil Code - CIV
- DIVISION 3. OBLIGATIONS [1427. - 3273.91.]
- PART 1. OBLIGATIONS IN GENERAL [1427. - 1543.]
- TITLE 4. EXTINCTION OF OBLIGATIONS [1473. - 1543.]
- CHAPTER 1. Performance [1473. - [1479.]]
A partial performance of an indivisible obligation extinguishes a corresponding proportion thereof, if the benefit of such performance is voluntarily retained by the creditor, but not otherwise. If such partial performance is of such a nature that the creditor cannot avoid retaining it without injuring his own property, his retention thereof is not presumed to be voluntary.
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