{"data":{"id":"us-ca/civ-3540","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"CIV § 3540","heading":"","body":"The incident follows the principal, and not the principal the incident.","path":["Civil Code - CIV","DIVISION 4. GENERAL PROVISIONS [3274. - 9566.]","PART 4. MAXIMS OF JURISPRUDENCE [3509. - 3548.]"],"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":"b817f2b8335a926c9bf4a8ebc1c3524b361677243a95aec87fdf384c37758ee4","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/civ-3539","next":"us-ca/civ-3541"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}