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another person, unless he has kept it with due care according to its species and disposition.

The some responsibility rests on a person who keeps the animal in place of the possessor.

If several persons by a joint wrongful act cause damage to another person, they are jointly and severally bound to make compensation for the damage. The same applies, if among several joint doers of an act the one who caused the damage cannot be ascertained.

Persons who instigated or assisted in the act are deemed to have joined in it.

A person who, in order to protect his own rights or those of another against the wrongful act of a third person, unavoidably commits a harmful act is not bound to make compensation for damage. This does not affect a claim for damages by the injured person against the person who did the wrongful act.

The foregoing provisions apply where a person injures a thing belonging to another in order to avert danger imminent from it.

A child in the womb is deemed to be born in respect to his right to claim damages.

The provisions of Art. 417 apply correspondingly to compensation for damage from wrongful acts.

If the injured person is himself in fault, the court