Where an obligation fixes a time for its performance, an offer of performance must be made at that time, within reasonable hours, and not before nor afterwards.
Cal. Civ. Code § 1490
Offer of Performance
Applied in 6 court decisions — leading case Glock v. Howard & Wilson Colony Co. (1898)
Most recently applied in 85 Cal. App. 2d 77 - Pitt v. Mallalieu (April 1948)
Enacted 1872.
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