Civil Code § 3543
PART 4. MAXIMS OF JURISPRUDENCE
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.
PART 4. MAXIMS OF JURISPRUDENCE
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.