Successive sale of same moveable to various person

Article 1578 – Successive sale of same moveable to various person Where the same thing is sold by the seller to diverse persons, the following shall be observed: where the thing sold is moveable, the sale prior in point of time shall prevail; where it is not possible to ascertain the priority in point of time, the sale in favour of the person who is in possession of the thing, shall prevail.