5292

Real actions with regard to personal property prescribe after the lapse of six (6) years from the loss of possession, unless the possessor may have during a shorter term acquired the ownership in accordance with § 5276 of this title, and with the exception of the cases of loss and public sale, and those of theft and robbery, in which cases the provisions of the third paragraph of said section shall be observed.\nHistory —Civil Code, 1930, § 1862.