{"schemaVersion":1,"recordType":"legal-article","id":"law:eri:code:civil:2015:article:1974","workId":"law:eri:code:civil:2015","expressionId":"law:eri:code:civil:2015:en","title":"Holder in Default","number":"1974","language":"en","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/1974/","hierarchy":{"book":"BOOK VI - SPECIAL CONTRACTS","title":"TITLE II - CONTRACTS FOR THE CUSTODY, USE OR POSSESSION OF THINGS","chapter":"Chapter 1. - General Provisions","section":null,"paragraph":null},"paragraphs":[{"id":"lead","number":"","text":"Where the holder has been summoned to return the thing, he shall not be liable where he shows that the thing would have been lost or deteriorated in like manner, had he returned it to the owner on the due date.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/1974/#lead","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-code-2015-en","pdfPage":552,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-code-2015/page/552/?article=1974&paragraph=lead#article-1974-lead"}]}],"caution":"This is the 2015 English-language edition attributed in its front matter to the Ministry of Justice. Eri Atlas has not independently verified the translation, later changes, or whether the text is currently in force. Nine passages are incomplete in the available scan and are identified where they occur."}