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Article 1280. Notwithstanding the provisions of

the preceding Article, the guarantor may set up

compensation as regards what the creditor may

owe the principal debtor. (1197)

Article 1287. Compensation shall not be proper

when one of the debts arises from a depositum

or from the obligations of a depositary or of a

bailee in commodatum.

Neither can compensation be set up against a

creditor who has a claim for support due by

gratuitous title, without prejudice to the

provisions of paragraph 2 of Article 301.

(1200a)