Cap. 16 ст. 1577Remission or abatement of rent in case of loss of crop.

If the lease is made for two or more years and, during the , lease, there shall be lost, by any fortuitous event, the whole crop of one year or at least so much of it that the value of the remaining fruits, after deducting the value of the seeds and the expense of gathering such fruits, shall not be equivalent to one-half of the rent agreed upon, the lessee is entitled to demand, in the former case, the remission of the whole rent, and, in the latter case, an abatement of the rent, corresponding to the difference between the value of the remaining fruits and the amount of the said rent.