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The contractor of a building which may have been destroyed by reason of defects in the construction shall be liable for the losses and damages if said building should collapse within ten (10) years, to be counted from the completion of the construction; and during the same time the same liability shall be incurred by the architect who may have directed the work if the collapse is due to defects in the ground or in the direction.\nIf the cause should be the noncompliance of the contractor with the conditions of the contract, the action for indemnity may be brought within fifteen (15) years.\nHistory —Civil Code, 1930, § 1483.