Gifts which, in accordance with the provisions of § 2023 of this title, may be void after computing the net value of the property of the donor at the time of his death must be reduced with regard to the excess, but this reduction shall not prevent them from being valid during the life of the donor, nor the donee from appropriating the fruits.
For the reduction of gifts the provisions of this chapter and of §§ 2374 and 2375 of this title shall be observed.
History —Civil Code, 1930, § 596.