Chapter Second: Joint and Several Obligations

Article 10

Art. 10 - In joint obligations, the division of the emolument or burden is also effected equally and by operation of law between the creditors and debtors, unless the constitutive title decides otherwise. There are, in reality, as many claims and as many debts as there are creditors or debtors. Account must be taken of this situation, in particular: 1 - With regard to the right of pursuit, which cannot be exercised by each of the creditors or against each of the debtors beyond the amount belonging to them or incumbent upon them in the obligatory relationship; 2 - With regard to the notice to pay or the default of each of the debtors, which occur individually; 3 - With regard to the assessment of cases of nullity that may be personal to each of the parties concerned; 4 - With regard to interruptive acts as well as suspensive causes of prescription.