If the contract was made on the basis of the personal capacities of the contractor, the contract shall terminate when the contractor dies or is prevented by force majeure from completing the work.
Civil Code
2015 English source edition · Current applicability not established.
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Article 2306
Death of Contractor · Preserved transcription; page attribution imported from the source collection. Verify against the original.
The client shall accept those parts of the work already completed which he can use and shall pay that portion of the agreed price which these parts represent.
He may demand that the materials and plans prepared for performing the work be delivered to him against fair payment.