Civil Code (Cap. 16), article 556

556. (1) A possessor in bad faith shall in all cases be bound to restore all the things which he has wrongfully occupied. (2) Where such possessor has, whether voluntarily or through his own fault, ceased to possess any of such things, he shall b e bound to restore to the plaintiff any profit which he may have derived therefrom or, at the option of the plaintiff, to pay to him the value of the thing at the time of the cesser of possession or t he value thereof at the time of the demand, whichever is the great er, notwithstanding that, in such case, he shall not have derived a ny profit therefrom. Possessor in bad faith answerable for damage caused to thing.