A loan for use is a contract by which one gives to another the temporary possession and use of personal property, and the latter agrees to return the same thing to him at a future time, without reward for its use.
Cal. Civ. Code § 1884
Loan for Use
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case 19 Cal. App. 4th 253 - Todd v. Dow (1993)
Most recently applied in 19 Cal. App. 4th 253 - Todd v. Dow (October 1993)
Enacted 1872.
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