1598. The letting out of cattle on shares is a contract by which one of the parties delivers to the other a stock of cattle to keep, feed, and take care of, upon fixed conditions as to the division of profits between them.
1599. Every kind of animal which is susceptible of increase or profit, in agriculture or commerce, may be the subject of this contract.
1600. If there be no special agreement the contract is regulated by usage.
(Amended by Act 34 of 1956)