513*  Nevertheless  every  co-proprietor  of  a  common  wall  may
avoid  contributing  to  its  repair  and  rebuilding  by  abandoning  his
share  in  the  wall  and  renouncing  his  right  of  malting  use  of  it,-^
Paris,  210 ;  Desgodets,  p.  377 ;  Pothier,  Socldt^  n.  221 ;  2  Marcade.
pp.  37S-9 ;  2  Maleville,  p.  97  ;  5  Pand.  Fran^.,  p,  416 ;  C.  N.,  656.
[I  487.]

514*  Every  eo-proprietor  may  build  against  a  common  wall

and  place  therein  joists  or  beams,  to  within  [four  inches]  of  the  wliole
thickness  of  the  wall,  w^ithout  prejudice  to  the  right  which  the  neigh-
bour has  to  force  him  to  reduce  the  beam  to  the  half  thickness  of  the
wall,  in  case  he  should  himself  desire  to  put  beams  in  the  same  place,
or  to  build  a  chimney  against  it. — ff  L.  52,  §  13,  Pro  soci-o;  L  12,
Communi  dlvUlumh;  Paris,  198,  207,  208:  Orleans,  232 ;  Pothier,
Soeiiti,  207-8-9 ;  Desgodets,  pp.  205  et  seq. ;  Lanioignon,  tit  20,  arts.
36-7;  5  Pand.  Fran^.,  416 ;  2  Maleville,  98;  1  Lepage,  58;  7  Locr^
421 ;  a  N.,  657.     [L  487.]


515.  Every  co-proprietor  may  raise  the  common  wall  at  will,
but  at  his  own  cost,  upon  paying  an  indemnity  for  the  additional
weight  imposed,  and  bearing  for  the  future  the  expense  of  keeping  it
in  repair  above  the  height  which  is  common.
The  indemnity  thus  payable  is  the  sixth  of  the  value  of  the
superstructure.
On  these  conditions  such  superstructure  becomes  the  exclusive
property  of  him  who  built  it ;  but  it  remains,  as  to  the  right  of  view
subject  to  the  rules  applicable  t^o  common  walls. — Paris,  195,  197  ;  2


202  Of  sei^itvdes  esiablished  by  law, — Art.  616-518.
