The commission merchant shall have a priority for the payment of the sums due to him by the principal.
Civil Code
2015 English source edition · Current applicability not established.
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Article 2417
Priority · Preserved transcription; page attribution imported from the source collection. Verify against the original.
He may exercise this right on all goods in his possession which he was instructed to buy or to sell on behalf of the principal.
He may exercise it on the monies he received from a buyer for the principal.