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heading: "Immovables collated in kind; allowance for expenses of preservation."
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# Art. 1257. Immovables collated in kind; allowance for expenses of preservation.

The coheirs are bound to allow to the donee the necessary expenses which he has incurred for the preservation of the estate, though they may not have augmented its value.