When a thing is let for a particular purpose the hirer must not use it for any other purpose; and if he does, he is liable to the letter for all damages resulting from such use, or the letter may treat the contract as thereby rescinded.
Cal. Civ. Code § 1930
Hiring in General
Applied in 9 court decisions — leading case 42 Cal. App. 2d 110 - Keating v. Preston (1940)
Most recently applied in 653 F. Supp. 2d 1047 - Nool v. HomeQ Servicing (September 2009)
Amended by Stats. 1905, Ch. 454.
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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.