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2178. The mandatary may renounce the mandate he has accepted by so notifying the mandator. He is thereupon entitled, if the mandate was given by onerous title, to the remuneration he has earned until the day of his renunciation.
However, the mandatary is bound to make reparation for injury caused to the mandator by his renunciation, if he renounces without a serious reason and at an inopportune moment.
2178. A mandatary may renounce the mandate he has accepted by so notifying the mandator. He is thereupon entitled, if the mandate was given by onerous title, to the remuneration he has earned until the day of his renunciation.
The mandatary is liable for injury caused to the mandator by his renunciation, if he submits it without a serious reason and at an inopportune moment.
