La. Civ. Code art. 1758

Current with operative changes from the 2024 Third Special Legislative Session

Section 1758 - General effects

A. An obligation may give the obligee the right to:

(1) Enforce the performance that the obligor is bound to render;

(2) Enforce performance by causing it to be rendered by another at the obligor's expense;

(3) Recover damages for the obligor's failure to perform, or his defective or delayed performance.

B. An obligation may give the obligor the right to:

(1) Obtain the proper discharge when he has performed in full;

(2) Contest the obligee's actions when the obligation has been extinguished or modified by a legal cause.

La. C.C. § 1758

Acts 1984, No. 331, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1985.

Acts 1984, No. 331, §1, eff. 1/1/1985.