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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:2057"
article_number: "2057"
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heading: "Contract interpreted in favor of obligor"
breadcrumb: "Book III › Title IV › Chapter 13"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=109318"
acts_citations_raw: "Acts 1984, No. 331, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1985."
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  - act_year: 1984
    act_number: 331
    section: 1
    effective_date: 1985-01-01
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# Art. 2057. Contract interpreted in favor of obligor

In case of doubt that cannot be otherwise resolved, a contract must be interpreted against the obligee and in favor of the obligor of a particular obligation.

Yet, if the doubt arises from lack of a necessary explanation that one party should have given, or from negligence or fault of one party, the contract must be interpreted in a manner favorable to the other party whether obligee or obligor.