Distinction between purchase and exchange

Article 1545 – Distinction between purchase and exchange If the price of the thing consists part in money, and part in kind, the contract shall be of sale, when the portion in money is greater of the two; and it shall be exchange or barter, if the part in money is of smaller value. § Sole paragraph - When the values of the two parts are equal, it will be presumed that the contract is of sale.