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With the exception of the cases mentioned in the preceding section, the delivery of personal property shall be made by the delivery of the keys of the place or depository where it is stored or kept, and by the mere consent and agreement of the contracting parties, if the thing sold cannot be transferred to the possession of the vendee, at the time of the sale, or if the latter already held it in his possession for any other reason.\nHistory —Civil Code, 1930, § 1352.