The rules governing liability arising out of animals, buildings or things cannot be invoked by a person who, even in the absence of a contract, was at the time of the injury using the animal, building or thing without the owner or holder thereof deriving benefit from such use.
Civil Code
2015 English source edition · Current applicability not established.
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Article 1634
Disinterested Relationship · Preserved transcription; page attribution imported from the source collection. Verify against the original.
In such a case, the owner or holder is not liable unless he has committed a fault.