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  "urn": "urn:us-la:civcode:art:1829",
  "article_number": "1829",
  "heading": "Subrogation by operation of law",
  "text": "Subrogation takes place by operation of law:\n\n(1) In favor of an obligee who pays another obligee whose right is preferred to his because of a privilege, pledge, mortgage, or security interest;\n\n(2) In favor of a purchaser of movable or immovable property who uses the purchase money to pay creditors holding any privilege, pledge, mortgage, or security interest on the property;\n\n(3) In favor of an obligor who pays a debt he owes with others or for others and who has recourse against those others as a result of the payment;\n\n(4) In favor of a successor who pays estate debts with his own funds; and\n\n(5) In the other cases provided by law.",
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      "number": "III",
      "name": "Of the Different Modes of Acquiring the Ownership of Things"
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      "number": "III",
      "name": "Obligations in General"
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      "number": "4",
      "name": "Transfer of Obligations"
    },
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      "number": "2",
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      "act_year": 1984,
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      "act_year": 1989,
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      "role": "amendment"
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      "act_year": 2001,
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      "effective_date": null,
      "effective_date_raw": null,
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  "acts_citations_raw": "Acts 1984, No. 331, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1985; Acts 1989, No. 137, §16, eff. Sept. 1, 1989; Acts 2001, No. 572, §1.",
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