La. Civ. Code art. 2498

This is the official text of La. Civ. Code art. 2498, 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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Prescription of actions for supplement or diminution of price or for dissolution

Official statutory text

The seller's action for an increase of the price and the buyer's actions for diminution of the price or dissolution of the sale for shortage or excessive surplus in the extent of the immovable sold prescribe one year from the day of the sale.

Acts 1993, No. 841, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1995.

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