La. Civ. Code art. 1308

This is the official text of La. Civ. Code art. 1308, 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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Partition between owners in common.

Official statutory text

The action of partition will not only lie between co-heirs and co-legatees, but * between all persons who hold property in common, from whatever cause they may hold in common.

Amended by Acts 1871, No. 87.

* English translation of French text incomplete; should include "also."

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