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2025 Louisiana Laws
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Art. 1788. Joint obligations for obligors or obligees
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Art. 1788. Joint obligations for obligors or obligees
When different obligors owe together just one performance to one obligee, but neither is bound for the whole, the obligation is joint for the obligors.
When one obligor owes just one performance intended for the common benefit of different obligees, neither of whom is entitled to the whole performance, the obligation is joint for the obligees.
Acts 1984, No. 331, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1985.
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