Performance of an obligation for the delivery of money only, is called payment.
Cal. Civ. Code § 1478
Performance [1473. - [1479.]]
Applied in 6 court decisions — leading case 101 Cal. App. 2d 533 - Sousa v. First California Co. (1950)
Most recently applied in Long v. Cuttle Construction Co. (January 1998)
Enacted 1872.
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