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conflict, their precedence is according to the order in Art. 325.

If successive sales have been made of the same immovable, the order of precedence of the sellers is according to the times of the sales.

332.

If several persons have preferential rights of the same rank in the same thing, each is to receive performance in proportion to the amount of his obligation.


Section IV.
The Effect of Preferential Rights.

333.

A preferential right in a movable cannot be exercised after the debtor has delivered the thing to a third person who has acquired it from him.

334.

If a preferential right conflicts with a pledge of a movable, the pledgee has the same right as the holder of a preferential right of the first rank mentioned in Art. 330.

335.

A person who has a preferential right must receive performance first out of property other than im-