If a representation is false in a material point, whether affirmative or promissory, the injured party is entitled to rescind the contract from the time the representation becomes false.
Cal. Ins. Code § 359
Representation
Applied in 22 court decisions — leading case 198 Cal. App. 3d 169 - Imperial Casualty & Indemnity Co. v. Sogomonian (1988)
Most recently applied in Santa Clara Waste Water Co. v. Allied World Nat'l Assurance Co. (December 2017)
Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 145.
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.