Code Of Louisiana

In 1822, Peter Derbigny, Edward Livingston and Moreau Lislet were selected by the legislature to revise and amend the civil code, and to add to it such laws still in force as were not included therein. They were authorised to add a system of commercial law, and a code of practice. The code they prepared having been adopted, was promulgated in 1824, under the title of the “ Civil Code of the State of Louisiana.” The code 1s based on the Code Napoleon, with proper and judicious modifications suitable for the state of Louisiana. It is composed of three books; 1, the first treats of persons; 2, the second of things, and of the different modifications of property; 3, and the third of the different modes of acquiring the property of things. It contains 3522 articles, numbered from the beginning for the convenience of reference.