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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:2609"
article_number: "2609"
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heading: "Purchase of substitute things by the buyer"
breadcrumb: "Book III › Title VII › Chapter 13"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=109667"
acts_citations_raw: "Acts 1993, No. 841, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1995."
acts_citations:
  - act_year: 1993
    act_number: 841
    section: 1
    effective_date: 1995-01-01
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# Art. 2609. Purchase of substitute things by the buyer

When the seller fails to render the performance required by a contract of sale of movable things, the buyer may purchase substitute things within a reasonable time and in good faith. In such a case the buyer is entitled to recover the difference between the contract price and the price of the substitute things. The buyer may recover other damages also, less the expenses saved as a result of the failure of the seller to perform.