Where a contract is executed in duplicate, an alteration or destruction of one copy, while the other exists, is not within the provisions of the last section.
Cal. Civ. Code § 1701
Modification and Cancellation
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Barr v. Ferris (1940)
Most recently applied in Barr v. Ferris (November 1940)
Enacted 1872.
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