If the gift is rescinded by the subsequent birth of children, the things bestowed as a gift shall be returned to the donor, or their value, if the donee has sold them.
Should they be mortgaged, the donor may cancel the mortgage, paying the sum secured by it, being entitled to demand the sum paid of the donee.
When the things cannot be restored they shall be appraised at their value at the time of the bestowal of the gift.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 587.