Where an obligation does not fix the time for its performance, an offer of performance may be made at any time before the debtor, upon a reasonable demand, has refused to perform.
Cal. Civ. Code § 1491
Offer of Performance
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case 183 Cal. App. 2d 319 - World Savings & Loan Ass'n v. Kurtz Co. (1960)
Most recently applied in Johnson v. Alexander (November 1976)
Enacted 1872.
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