Cap. 16 Art. 540Right of possessor in good faith with regard to fruits of thing possessed.

A possessor in good faith acquires the fruits of the thing possessed, even though such thing be an inheritance; and he is not bound to restore except such fruits as he shall have collected, or, by the exercise of the diligence of a could have bonus paterfamilias, collected, after a judicial demand: Provided that he shall not be bound to restore the price of unplucked or uncut fruits, received by him before the judicial demand, even though, at the time of such demand, the fruits may be as yet unplucked from the trees or uncut from the ground.