Cap. 16 Art. 578or materials belonging partly to him and partly to others.

Where any person has, for the purpose of producing a thing of a new species, made use of materials partly belonging to him, and partly belonging to others, in such a manner that, although neither the materials of the one nor those of the other have been entirely transformed, such materials cannot, nevertheless, be separated without injury, the thing shall belong in community to both owners in such shares as correspond to the value of their respective contribution, that is, in regard to the one, to the value of the materials which belonged to him, and, in regard to the other, to the value of the materials which belonged to him and the price of the workmanship.