Where expenses incurred on the thing have increased its value, the person bound to make restitution is entitled to their reimbursement.
Civil Code
2015 English source edition · Current applicability not established.
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Article 1711
Value Added to the Thing · Preserved transcription; page attribution imported from the source collection. Verify against the original.
He may, however, not claim more than such increase in value, due to his expenses, as still subsists at the time of restitution.