{"data":{"id":"us-ca/civ-1836","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"CIV § 1836","heading":"","body":"A depositary is liable for any damage happening to the thing deposited, during his wrongful use thereof, unless such damage must inevitably have happened though the property had not been thus used.","path":["Civil Code - CIV","DIVISION 3. OBLIGATIONS [1427. - 3273.91.]","PART 4. OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM PARTICULAR TRANSACTIONS [1738. - 3273.91.]","TITLE 3. DEPOSIT [1813. - 1881.2.]","CHAPTER 2. Deposit for Keeping [1833. - 1867.]","ARTICLE 1. General Provisions [1833. - [1840.]]"],"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":"0ffba63a6e24c63213990b284af5de053d41a54235a182859d6a19df2deb076b","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/civ-1835","next":"us-ca/civ-1837"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}