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Article 470Right of Accession
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Whenever the owner of the accessory thing
has made the incorporation in bad faith, he shall lose the
thing incorporated and shall have the obligation to
indemnify the owner of the principal thing for the
damages he may have suffered.
If the one who has acted in bad faith is the owner of the
principal thing, the owner of the accessory thing shall
have a right to choose between the former paying him its
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value or that the thing belonging to him be separated,
even though for this purpose it be necessary to destroy
the principal thing; and in both cases, furthermore, there
shall be indemnity for damages.
If either one of the owners has made the incorporation
with the knowledge and without the objection of the
other, their respective rights shall be determined as
though both acted in good faith. (379a)
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