Cap. 16 Art. 890Effect of inventory.

The effect of the inventory is -

(a) that the heir shall not be liable for the debts of the inheritance beyond the value of the property to which he succeeds;

(b) that he may free himself from the payment of the debts by giving up all the property of the inheritance to the creditors, the legatees, and even to the co-heir who does not similarly elect to give up the property;

(c) that his own property is not intermixed with the property of the inheritance, and that he shall retain his right to enforce the payment of his own claims against the inheritance.