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Article 2144Quasi-contracts
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Whoever voluntarily takes charge of the
agency or management of the business or property of
another, without any power from the latter, is obliged to
continue the same until the termination of the affair and
its incidents, or to require the person concerned to
substitute him, if the owner is in a position to do so. This
juridical relation does not arise in either of these
instances:
(1) When the property or business is not neglected or
abandoned;
(2) If in fact the manager has been tacitly authorized by
the owner.
In the first case, the provisions of articles 1317, 1403, No. 1,
and 1404 regarding unauthorized contracts shall govern.
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In the second case, the rules on agency in Title X of this
Book shall be applicable. (1888a)
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