Where the delegator is indebted to the delegatee but the delegatee has not discharged him of his debt, the delegation gives the delegatee a second debtor.
Payment made by one of the two debtors discharges the other, to the same extent.
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Where the delegator is indebted to the delegatee but the delegatee has not discharged him of his debt, the delegation gives the delegatee a second debtor.
Payment made by one of the two debtors discharges the other, to the same extent.
Le paiement fait par l’un des deux débiteurs libère l’autre, à due concurrence.
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