Cap. 16 Art. 1638Duration of liability of contractor and architect.

(1) If a building or other considerable stone work erected under a building contract shall, in the course of fifteen years from the day on which the construction of the same was completed, perish, wholly or in part, or be in manifest danger of falling to ruin, owing to a defect in the construction, or even owing to some defect in the ground, the architect and the contractor shall be responsible therefor.

(2) The relative action for damages must be brought within two years from the day on which any of the said cases shall have occurred.