La. Civ. Code art. 1272
This is the official text of La. Civ. Code art. 1272, part of Louisiana’s Civil Code — louisiana's civil law tradition codifies persons, property, obligations, and family relations here rather than in a separate statutory code.
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Sale by donee and subsequent destruction of immovable subject to collation.
Official statutory text
If the immovable property which has been given has been sold by the donee, and afterwards is destroyed by accident in the possession of the purchaser, the donee shall only be obliged to collate by taking less the price he received for the sale.
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