Consent is deemed to have been obtained through one of the causes mentioned in the last section only when it would not have been given had such cause not existed.
Cal. Civ. Code § 1568
Consent
Applied in 6 court decisions — leading case 56 Cal. 2d 329 - Vai v. Bank of America National Trust & Savings Ass'n (1961)
Most recently applied in Olam v. Congress Mortgage Co. (October 1999)
Enacted 1872.
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