{"data":{"id":"us-ca/civ-1477","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"CIV § 1477","heading":"","body":"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.","path":["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.]]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"5550c81b92980e880a9731b9dce3140a11121ffd8228c30fe041e4a1f7c4fdc7","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/civ-1476","next":"us-ca/civ-1478"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}