SECTIONS 1556-1559 - California Statutes

CIVIL CODE

SECTION 1556-1559

1556. All persons are capable of contracting, except minors,
persons of unsound mind, and persons deprived of civil rights.

1557. (a) The capacity of a minor to contract is governed by
Division 11 (commencing with Section 6500) of the Family Code.
(b) The capacity of a person of unsound mind to contract is
governed by Part 1 (commencing with Section 38) of Division 1.

1558. It is essential to the validity of a contract, not only that
the parties should exist, but that it should be possible to identify
them.

1559. A contract, made expressly for the benefit of a third person,
may be enforced by him at any time before the parties thereto
rescind it.