Civ. Code, § 3543 · Part 4. MAXIMS OF JURISPRUDENCE

Civ. Code, § 3543

Verbatim from the official edition

Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)

Where one of two innocent persons must suffer by the act of a third, the person, by whose negligence it happened, must be the sufferer.

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 812, Sec. 10. (AB 1899) Effective January 1, 2025.

Source of truth

Edition: As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
Official file: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=CIV&sectionNum=3543.
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