Cap. 16 · Civil Code (Cap. 16)
Cap. 16 Art. 1359, Promise to sell with earnest.
Sub-title 1
Where in any promise to sell, earnest has been given, each of the parties shall be at liberty to recede from the contract: the party giving the earnest forfeiting such earnest, and the party receiving the earnest returning double the amount thereof, saving any other usage in regard to the particular contract in respect of which earnest has been given.