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Section III.
Plurality of Creditors or Debtors.

Subsection I.
General Provisions.

427.

If there are several creditors or several debtors, and no different intention is expressed, each creditor and each debtor has equal rights or duties.

Subsection II.
Indivisible Obligations.

428.

When the subject of the obligation is by nature or by the expressed intention of the parties indivisible, if there are several creditors, each creditor may demand performance on behalf of all the creditors, or the debtor may perform to one creditor on behalf of all the creditors.

Even though an agreement of novation[1] or release

  1. ↑ See Art. 513 et seq.
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