The fact that the tenant makes claims for work or planting or any other thing which cannot be removed from the real property shall not be an obstacle to his/her ejectment; but when an oral or written sharecropping contract exists and the fact is alleged and proven at the trial, in no case shall the ejectment be carried out until the sown lands or the unharvested plantings have been valuated and payment therefore has been made. The valuation and payment shall be in accordance with the decision of an appraiser who shall be appointed by the judge of the court having jurisdiction in the matter. If the parties should so desire, each shall appoint its own expert appraiser who shall render a report within the term of five (5) days and upon the approval thereof by the court this report shall be the basis for the payment of compensation.\nHistory —Code Civil Proc., 1933, § 637; May 8, 1937, No. 68, p. 191, § 1; renumbered as § 634 and amended on Sept. 27, 2007, No. 129, § 12.
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