ART. 1424.

When a right to sue upon a civil obligation has lapsed by extinctive

prescription, the obligor who voluntarily performs the contract
cannot recover what he has delivered or the value of the service he
has rendered.
ART. 1425. When without the knowledge or against the will of the debtor, a third
person pays a debt which the obligor is not legally bound to pay
because the action thereon has prescribed, but the debtor later
voluntarily reimburses the third person, the obligor cannot recover
what he has paid
ART. 1426. When a minor between eighteen and twentyone years of age who has
entered into a contract without the consent of the parent or guardian,
after the annulment of the contract voluntarily returns the whole
thing or price received, notwithstanding the fact that he has not been
benefited thereby, there is no right to demand the thing or price thus
returned.
ART. 1427. When a minor between eighteen and twenty-one years of age, who
has entered into a contract without the consent of the parent or
guardian, voluntarily pays a sum of money or delivers a fungible
thing in fulfillment of the obligation, there shall be no right to
recover the same from the obligee who has spent or consumed it in
good faith.
ART. 1428. When, after an action to enforce a civil obligation has failed, the
defendant voluntarily performs the obligation, he cannot demand the
return of what he has delivered or the payment of the value of the
service he has rendered.
ART. 1429. When a testate or intestate heir voluntarily pays a debt of the
decedent exceeding the value of the property which he received by
will or by the law of intestacy from the estate of the deceased, the
payment is valid and cannot be rescinded by the payer.
ART. 1430. When a will is declared void because it has not been executed in
accordance with the formalities required by law, but one of the
 intestate heirs, after the settlement of the debts of the deceased, pays
a legacy in compliance with a clause in the defective will, the
payment is effective and irrevocable.
Legacy -is the act of disposition by the testator in separating from the
inheritance for definite purposes, things, rights, or a definite portion
of his property.