The debtor shall be released where, before the assignment was brought to his knowledge either by the assignor or the assignee, he pays the assignor in good faith.
Civil Code
2015 English source edition · Current applicability not established.
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Article 1571
Opposability of Assignment to Debtor · Preserved transcription; page attribution imported from the source collection. Verify against the original.
Where the same claim was assigned to several assignees, regard shall be had to the date on which the assignments have been notified to the debtor or agreed by the latter in a document with an authenticated date.