{"data":{"id":"us-ca/civ-1514","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"CIV § 1514","heading":"","body":"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.","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 3. Prevention of Performance or Offer [1511. - 1515.]"],"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":"133e41ec25b693d97077041743f80461e2ff1292dcea9e8ec9731d64d7ce167a","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/civ-1512","next":"us-ca/civ-1515"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}