When things belonging to different owners have been united so as to form a single thing, and cannot be separated without injury, the whole belongs to the owner of the thing which forms the principal part; who must, however, reimburse the value of the residue to the other owner, or surrender the whole to him.
Cal. Civ. Code § 1025
Accession to Personal Property
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Dersch v. Thomas (1934)
Most recently applied in 154 Cal. App. 2d 308 - Sasia & Wallace, Inc. v. Scarborough Implement Co. (October 1957)
Enacted 1872.
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