Cap. 16 Art. 545Definition of necessary, useful and decorative expenses.

(1) Necessary expenses are those without which the thing would have perished or deteriorated.

(2) Useful expenses are those which ameliorate the thing by making it more convenient, or capable of yielding more fruit, but the omission of which is not prejudicial to the thing.

(3) Decorative expenses are those which serve only to adorn the thing, without rendering it more convenient or capable of yielding more fruit, and which if omitted would not cause the thing to deteriorate.

(4) Decorative expenses may, however, in certain cases, be considered as useful expenses, regard being had to the condition of the owner, or to the existence of particular circumstances which may afford the owner an immediate opportunity of deriving profit from such expenses.