California Legal Codes and Statutes

§ 3543

Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 812, Sec. 10. (AB 1899) Effective January 1, 2025.

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.

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Cal. Civ. Code § 3543 (2026)
https://ca.codecond.com/codes/civ/division-4-general-provisions/part-4-maxims-of-jurisprudence/section-3543

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