Title 18 — Business Structure and Function
60 chapters · 1,419 sections in this title.
18 GCA § 50101 What is Hiring
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Hiring is a contract by which one gives to another the temporary use possession and use of property, other than money, for reward, and the latter agrees to return the same to the former at a future time. SOURCE: CC § 1925.
18 GCA § 50102 Products of Thing
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The products of a thing hired, during the hiring, belong to the hirer. SOURCE: CC § 1926.
18 GCA § 50103 Quiet Possession
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An agreement to let upon hire binds the latter to secure to the hirer the quiet possession of the thing hired during the term of the hiring, against all persons lawfully claiming the same. SOURCE: CC § 1927. COL120106
18 GCA § 50104 Hirer's Degree of Care
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The hirer of a thing must use ordinary care for its preservation in safety and in good condition. SOURCE: CC § 1928.
18 GCA § 50105 Hirer to Repair Injuries
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The hirer of a thing must repair all deteriorations or injuries thereto occasioned by his want of ordinary care. SOURCE: CC § 1929.
18 GCA § 50106 Thing let for Particular Purpose
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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he is liable to the letter for all damages resulting from such use, or the letter may treat the contract as thereby rescinded. SOURCE: CC § 1930.
18 GCA § 50107 Letter may Terminate Hiring
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The letter of a thing may terminate the hiring and reclaim the thing before the end of the term agreed upon: 1. When the hirer uses or permits a use of the thing hired in a manner contrary to the agreement of the parties; or 2. When the hirer does not, within a reasonable time af…
18 GCA § 50108 When Hirer may Terminate
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The hirer of a thing may terminate the hiring before the end of the term agreed upon: 1. When the letter does not, within a reasonable time after request, fulfill his obligations, if any, as to placing and securing the hirer in the quiet possession of the thing hired, or putting …
18 GCA § 50109 When Hiring Terminates
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The hiring of a thing terminates: 1. At the end of the term agreed upon; 2. By the mutual consent of the parties; 3. By the hirer acquiring a title to the thing hired superior to that of the letter; or 4. By the destruction of the thing hired. SOURCE: CC § 1934.
18 GCA § 50110 Termination by Death, etc
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If the hiring of a thing is terminable at the pleasure of one of the parties, it is terminated by notice to the other of his death or incapacity to contract. In other cases it is not terminated thereby. SOURCE: CC § 1934.
18 GCA § 50111 Apportionment of Hire
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When the hiring of a thing is terminated before the time originally agreed upon, the hirer must pay the due proportion of the hire for such use as he has actually made of the thing, unless such use is merely nominal, and of no benefit to him. SOURCE: CC § 1935. NOTE: No 1970 Civi…