Business Mens Laws of California

ited so as to form a single thing, and cannot be separated without injury, the whole belongs to the owner of the thing which forms the principal part; he must, however, reimburse the value of the remainder to the other owner, or surrender the whole to him. The principal part is that to which the other has been united for the use, ornament, or completion of the former, unless the latter is the more valuable and has been united without the consent of the owner. In such case, the owner may require it to be separated and returned to him, although sole injury should result to the thing to which it had been united. If neither can be considered the principal part, then the more valuable is to be deemed the principal part; or, if the values are nearly equal, that thing which is the more considerable in bulk. If one makes a thing from materials belonging to another, the latter may claim the thing on reimbursing the value of the workmanship?unless the value of the workmanship exceeds the value of the material?in which case the thing itself belongs to the worker, on paying the value of the material. Where a person has made use of materials which belong partly to him and partly to another, and has formed a thing of a new description without having destroyed any of the material, but in such a way that these materials cannot be separated without inconvenience?the thing so formed belongs to both persons; but in proportion?as the value of the material is to o...