La. Civ. Code art. 1321

This is the official text of La. Civ. Code art. 1321, 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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Separate possession of one co-owner, partition before prescription.

Official statutory text

It follows from the provisions of the preceding article that the partition can be demanded, even though one of the heirs should have enjoyed some part of the estate * separately, if there has been no act of partition, nor possession sufficient to acquire prescription.

* Note error in English translation of French text; "estate" should be "effects of the succession."

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