The burden of showing a want of consideration sufficient to support an instrument lies with the party seeking to invalidate or avoid it.
Cal. Civ. Code § 1615
Consideration
Applied in 27 court decisions — leading case 13 Cal. 3d 852 - Glickman v. Collins (1975)
Most recently applied in Pajaro Dunes Rental Agency, Inc. v. Spitters (In Re Pajaro Dunes Rental Agency, Inc.) (October 1994)
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.