ART.
1612 - 1613
Redemption in joint sale by co-owners/co-
heirs of undivided immovable.
(1) The co-owners of an undivided
immovable sold by them jointly or
collectively and in the same contract with the
right to repurchase, can exercise such right
only as regards their respective shares.
(2 Co-heirs of the vendor can exercise the
right of redemption only for the respective
portions they have inherited.
(3) The vendee a retro can refuse partial
redemption. He may require all the vendors
or all the heirs to redeem the entire property
or to agree to its redemption by any one of
them.
(4) The right of a co-owner who chooses not
to redeem accrues to the benefit of the others.
Effect of redemption by co-owner of entire
property.
 A co-owner cannot redeem more than
his share in the co-ownership.
 The redemption by a co-owner of the
property in its entirety, shouldering
the expenses therefor, does not make
him the owner of all of it.
 In other words, it does not put to end
the existing state of co-ownership.
ART. 1614.
Redemption in separate sales by co-owners
of undivided immovable.
 If the sale was made separately and
independently, it would be unjust to
require the co-owners, to come to an
agreement with regard to the
repurchase of the thing sold.
 It would be worse to deprive them of
their right in case they fail to agree.
ART. 1615.
Redemption against heirs of vendee.
 The vendor a retro can exercise the
right to redeem against the heirs of the
vendee a retro with respect only to
their respective shares, whether the
thing be undivided or it has been
partitioned among them.
 If by partition the entire property has
been adjudicated to one of the heirs,
the vendor can exercise the right to
redeem against said heir for the
whole.
ART. 1616.
Obligation of vendor a retro in case of
redemption.
He must return to the vendee a retro:
(1) The price.
a. “price of the sale” and not the
value of the thing
(2) Expenses of contract and other
legitimate expenses.
a. Necessary expenses – those
incurred for the preservation
of the thing or to prevent
waste, deterioration or loss of
the thing
b. Useful expenses – those
which increase the value of
the thing or create
improvements thereon
Offer to redeem must be bona fide.
Offer must be a bona fide one and
accompanied by an actual and simultaneous
tender of payment or consignation of the full
amount agreed upon for repurchase
ART. 1617.
Right of parties as to fruits of land.
(1) If there were fruits at the time of
the sale and the vendee paid for them,
he must be reimbursed at the time of
redemption as the payment forms part
of the purchase price.
(2) If no indemnity was paid by the
vendee, there shall be no
reimbursement for those existing at
the time of redemption.
 (3) If the property had no fruits at the
time of the sale and some exist at the
time of redemption, they shall be
apportioned proportionately between
the redemptioner and the vendee,
giving the latter a share in proportion
to the time he possessed the property
during the last year counted from the
anniversary of the date of the sale to
compensate the vendee for his
expense.
The same rule, it is believed, is also
applicable if there were fruits at the time of
the sale and the vendee paid for them.