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Article 280

Property Law
Titre XII: De la Propriété (On Property)

Le simple possesseur d'une chose ne peut considérer les produits d'une terre comme sa légitime propriété, qu'autant qu'il la possède de bonne foi; dans le cas contraire, il est tenu de rendre la chose, ensemble les fruits en résultans, au véritable propriétaire, du moment que ce dernier l'a revendiquée.

Life lesson: The possessor in good faith keeps the fruits; the possessor in bad faith must return everything — the land and all it has yielded — from the moment the true owner demands it.
Notes: Good faith vs. bad faith possession: good faith possessor entitled to fruits; bad faith possessor must restore thing + all fruits from the moment of the owner's claim. Key doctrine for land disputes in post-revolutionary Haiti.
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