THE

CIVIL CODE

OF THE

STATE OF CALIFORNIA

IN FOUR DIVISIONS

Compiled From the
State Civil Code, Adopted March 21st, 1872

and the Subsequent
Official Statute Amendments
to and Including

1923.

Compiled by

R. E. RAGLAND
of the San Francisco Bar

L 9701

Copyright

1923
By R, E. Ragland

Produced in the plant of
THE CLAREMONT PRESS, INC.

5660 College Avenue

Oakland, Calif.

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CONTENTS

CIVIL CODE

Page

TITLE OF THE ACT

PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS

DIVISION FIRST-Persons

SECOND-Property

THIRD-Obligations ......

FOURTH--General Provisions .............

.......

Page

19

23

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30

33

34

49

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Div. Part Title Chap. Subject

........PERSONS

Persons ...

......................

Personal Rights ....

Personal Relations ..

Marriage ............

” I .... Contract of Marriage

Divorce ........

Husband and Wife.

Parent and Child.

Children by Birth...

Children by Adoption

Guardian and Ward.

Master and Apprentice.

Corporations ..

General Provisions Applicable to All....

Formation of Corporations......

Corporate Stock

Corporate Powers .........

57

Extension and Dissolution....

General Provisions

Foreign Corporations

Insurance Corporations

..............

General Provisions ......

Fire and Marine ...

Mutual Life, Health and Accident......

Mutual Benefit and Life Asso.............

For Discovery Fire and Saving Life

and Prop. ......

Life, Health, Accident, Assess. Plan..

” VII ... Title Insurance Corporations ........

VIII Mortgage insurance ..........

.............

U ...

Railroad Corporations ....

Officers and Corporate Stock ... ..... 95

II.... Enumeration of Powers..

....... 96

III.

Business, How Conducted ....................

II.

67

70

71

Subject

Page

Corporations (continued)

Street-Railroad Corporations ................105

Wagon Road Corporations ......... ....109

Bridge, Ferry, Wharf, Chute and Pier

Corp. ............

..111

Telegraph & Telephone Corporations 112

Water and Canal Corporations..............113

Homestead Corporations

........114

Savings and Loan Corp..

...116

Mining Corporations

.119

For Formation Boards of Trade, Insti-

tutes, etc. ...........

............122

Religious, Social and Benevolent..........123

Societies Prevention Cruelty.. .................130

Cemetery Corporations ......... ......133

Agricultural Fair Corporations..............135

Land and Building Corporations............136

Colleges and Seminaries of Learning..144

Consolidation Colleges and Institutes 145

Co-operative Business Corporations....147

Co-operative Business Asso. .................147

Non-profit Agricultural, Etc. Asso.........151

Non-profit Co-operative Corporations..155

Non-profit Co-op. Asso. Cap. Stock

and None

..................159

.......

..PROPERTY

.......168

Property in General

..168

............ Nature of Property

168

Ownership ............

............. 169

Owners

169

Modifications of Ownership.... 170

Rights of Owners........

174

Termination of Ownership..

174

General Definitions

175

Real or Immovable Property ............... 175

General Provisions .....

Estates in Real Property

176

Estates in General

...... 176

IL

Termination of Estates ....

.178

Servitudes ........

......... 179

Rights and Obligations of Owners....

Rights of Owners ....

.........181

Obligations of Owners..........................

IV ............... Uses and Trusts ............ ..............

Personal or Movable Property....................186

175

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183

...184