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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:2591"
article_number: "2591"
status: active
heading: "Option of buyer to supplement price"
breadcrumb: "Book III › Title VII › Chapter 12"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=109647"
acts_citations_raw: "Amended by Acts 1871, No. 87; Acts 1993, No. 841, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1995."
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  - act_year: 1871
    act_number: 87
    role: enactment
  - act_year: 1993
    act_number: 841
    section: 1
    effective_date: 1995-01-01
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# Art. 2591. Option of buyer to supplement price

When a sale is subject to rescission for lesion the buyer may elect either to return the immovable to the seller, or to keep the immovable by giving to the seller a supplement equal to the difference between the price paid by the buyer and the fair market value of the immovable determined according to the preceding Article.