If any part of a single consideration for one or more objects, or of several considerations for a single object, is unlawful, the entire contract is void.
Cal. Civ. Code § 1608
Consideration
Applied in 27 court decisions — leading case Gatti v. Highland Park Builders, Inc. (1946)
Most recently applied in 184 Cal. App. 4th 796 - MKB Management, Inc. v. Melikian (May 2010)
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.