Art. 1758.  General effects

A.  An obligation may give the obligee the right to:

(1)  Enforce the performance that the obligor is bound to render;

(2)  Enforce performance by causing it to be rendered by another at the obligor's expense;

(3)  Recover damages for the obligor's failure to perform, or his defective or delayed performance.

B.  An obligation may give the obligor the right to:

(1)  Obtain the proper discharge when he has performed in full;

(2)  Contest the obligee's actions when the obligation has been extinguished or modified by a legal cause.

Acts 1984, No. 331, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1985.