Cap. 16 Art. 1022Where debt is paid by mistake.

(1) Where any person pays a debt under a mistaken belief that such debt is due by him, he may recover from the creditor the debt so paid.

(2) Such right of recovery, however, ceases if, in consequence of the payment, the creditor has, in good faith, deprived himself of the proof of, or the security attached to the debt, saving the right of the payer against the true debtor.