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Effects of the Contract when the thing sold has been lost (art.

1493-1494) Object Entirely Lost Lost in Part Remedy BEFORE PERFECTION

Who bears the risk of loss/deterioration/fruits AT PERFECTION AFTER PERFECTION BUT BEFORE DELIVERY
-Loss confused state -Deterioration and fruits -Buyer bears loss

AFTER DELIVERY

Specific Thing

-contract has no effect

-withdraw contract -demand the remaining part

-Sale Indivisible (buyer will pay only the proportionate price of the remaining goods) -Sale Divisible (Art. 1494 (2) as binding, the buyer to pay the agreed price for goods in which the ownership will pass, if the sale was divisible)

-Res perit domino -Owner is seller so seller bears risk of loss

-Res perit domino -Contract is merely inefficacious because loss of the subject matter does not affect the validity of the sale. - Seller cannot anymore comply with obligation so buyer cannot anymore be compelled

- Res perit domino -Delivery extinguishes ownership visa-vis the seller and creates a new one in favor of the buyer

Mass of specific Goods

-buyer can treat the sale as avoided

-buyer can treat the sale as valid in all of the existing goods or in so much thereof as to have not deteriorated. - as binding, the buyer to pay the agreed price for goods in which the ownership will pass, if the sale was divisible

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