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urn: urn:us-la:rs:9:2786
citation: "R.S. 9:2786"
status: active
breadcrumb: "Title 9 › Code Preliminary Title › Code Book III › Code Title II › Chapter 4"
acts_citations:
  - { year: 1984, number: 331, section: 4, effective_date: null, role: enactment }
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# Death of legatee before performance of personal obligation imposed on legacy

A merely personal obligation to do, imposed by testament as the condition on which a legacy is to take effect, is void, if the legatee die before performance, or before he has been put in default; but the legacy will take effect.