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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 1577

  • UIDca_leginfo_codes:civ-1577
  • CitationCivil Code - CIV - CIV § 1577
  • Court / bodyCalifornia Legislative Counsel
  • Decision dateN/A
  • CollectionPUBINFO_2025
  • SourceOriginal

Summary

Mistake of fact is a mistake, not caused by the neglect of a legal duty on the part of the person making the mistake, and consisting in: 1. An unconscious ignorance or forgetfulness of a fact past or present, material to the contract; or, 2. Belief in the present existence of a t

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Mistake of fact is a mistake, not caused by the neglect of a legal duty on the part of the person making the mistake, and consisting in:
1.
An unconscious ignorance or forgetfulness of a fact past or present, material to the contract; or,
2.
Belief in the present existence of a thing material to the contract, which does not exist, or in the past existence of such a thing, which has not existed.

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  • #1 | Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 1577

    Mistake of fact is a mistake, not caused by the neglect of a legal duty on the part of the person making the mistake, and consisting in: 1. An unconscious ignorance or forgetfulness of a fact past or present, material to the contract; or, 2. Belief in the present existence of a thing material to the contract, whic…