Cap. 16 Art. 550Right of retention competent to possessor.

Where under the provisions of the foregoing articles, a possessor, whether in good or bad faith, is entitled to recover the expenses made on a thing belonging to others, either by taking back the subject of such expenses, or by the reimbursement of the said expenses, he shall, saving the provisions of article 2079, be entitled to retain the thing until he shall have obtained what is due to him, provided his demand for the recovery of such expenses is made, even orally, during the hearing of the action, before judgment is delivered on the demand of the owner for the restoration of the thing.

§ II. OF THE OBLIGATIONS OF THE POSSESSOR WITH REGARD TO THE RESTORATION OF THE THING