Cap. 16 Art. 1866When mandatary may not sue or be sued.

A mandatary, however, may not sue or be sued, on behalf of the mandator, although the latter shall have given him authority to do so, when the mandator himself is not absent from the Island in which the action is to be tried, saving the provisions of article 786

of the Code of Organization and Civil Procedure: provided that a mandatary under an irrevocable mandate granted by way of security may sue on behalf of the mandator irrespective of this provision in order to protect or enforce the interests secured by the mandate.