A stipulation that errors of description shall not avoid a contract, or shall be the subject of compensation, or both, does not take away the right of rescission for fraud, nor for mistake, where such mistake is in a matter essential to the inducement of the contract, and is not capable of exact and entire compensation.
Cal. Civ. Code § 1690
Rescission
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case 46 Cal. App. 665 - De Bairos v. Barlin (1920)
Most recently applied in 46 Cal. App. 665 - De Bairos v. Barlin (March 1920)
Enacted 1872.
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