§ 1025 Ownership Of Combined Property
This law says that when two people's separate items get glued together into one thing that can't be split without breaking it, the whole thing belongs to the person whose part makes up the biggest part, but they must pay the other person for the leftover value or give the whole thing back.
Two neighbors accidentally mix their cement and gravel to fix a driveway, creating a single chunk that can't be separated without destroying it.
Because the driveway repair makes up the main part of the mixed material, the neighbor who contributed the larger portion gets to keep the whole chunk, but they must pay the other neighbor the value of the smaller portion they used.
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§ 1025 Ownership Of Combined Property
Last verified: January 9, 2026