The consideration of a contract must be lawful within the meaning of Section 1667.
Cal. Civ. Code § 1607
Consideration
Applied in 15 court decisions — leading case 18 Cal. 3d 660 - Marvin v. Marvin (1976)
Most recently applied in 244 Cal. App. 4th 590 - Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton, LLP v. J-M Mfg. Co. (January 2016)
Enacted 1872.
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.