{"data":{"id":"us-ca/civ-3543","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"CIV § 3543","heading":"","body":"Where one of two innocent persons must suffer by the act of a third, the person, by whose negligence it happened, must be the sufferer.","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":"e28a620d67556f4256b0855b74385046117902f602917e18cf2eb22e58ca8df6","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/civ-3542","next":"us-ca/civ-3545"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}