Chapter IV: Livestock leases

This livestock (also called iron livestock) is that by which the owner of a rural holding gives it on farm with the proviso that on expiry of the lease, the farmer will leave the same stock as that which he has received.

The numerical, descriptive and estimated statement of the animals handed over, appearing in the lease, does not transfer ownership of them to the lessee; its sole purpose is to serve as a basis for the settlement to be made when the contract comes to an end.

All profits belong to the farmer during the term of his lease, if there is no agreement to the contrary.

In livestock given to the farmer, the manure is not in the personal profits of the lessees, but belongs to the tenant farm, to the operation of which it must be employed solely.

The loss, even if total and by fortuitous event, is in full for the farmer, if there is no agreement to the contrary.

At the end of the lease or when it is terminated, the lessee must leave animals of each species forming the same stock as that which he has received, in particular as regards the number, breed, age, weight and quality of the animals. If there is a surplus, it belongs to him. If there is a deficit, the settlement between the parties is made on the basis of the value…