SECTION 6. CONJUNCTIVE AND ALTERNATIVE OBLIGATIONS Art. 1807. Conjunctive obligation An obligation is conjunctive when it binds the obligor to multiple items of performance that may be separately rendered or enforced. In that case, each item is regarded as the object of a separate obligation. The parties may provide that the failure of the obligor […]
Art. 1808. Alternative obligation An obligation is alternative when an obligor is bound to render only one of two or more items of performance. Acts 1984, No. 331, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1985.
Art. 1809. Choice belongs to the obligor When an obligation is alternative, the choice of the item of performance belongs to the obligor unless it has been expressly or impliedly granted to the obligee. Acts 1984, No. 331, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1985.
Art. 1810. Delay in exercising choice When the party who has the choice does not exercise it after a demand to do so, the other party may choose the item of performance. Acts 1984, No. 331, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1985.
Art. 1811. Obligor may not choose part of one item An obligor may not perform an alternative obligation by rendering as performance a part of one item and a part of another. Acts 1984, No. 331, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1985.
Art. 1812. Impossibility or unlawfulness of one item of performance When the choice belongs to the obligor and one of the items of performance contemplated in the alternative obligation becomes impossible or unlawful, regardless of the fault of the obligor, he must render one of those that remain. When the choice belongs to the obligee […]
Art. 1813. Impossibility or unlawfulness of all items of performance If all of the items of performance contemplated in the alternative obligation become impossible or unlawful without the obligor’s fault, the obligation is extinguished. Acts 1984, No. 331, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1985.
Art. 1814. Obligor’s liability for damages When the choice belongs to the obligor, if all the items of performance contemplated in the alternative obligation have become impossible and the impossibility of one or more is due to the fault of the obligor, he is liable for the damages resulting from his failure to render the […]
