Article 972.

1. The trustee shall be obliged to pay to the attorney, if provided for by law, other legal acts or a contract of instruction. 2. In the absence of a contract of compensation, the trustee shall pay the legal fee unless the contract otherwise provides. the amount of remuneration or the manner in which it is to be paid shall be paid after the performance of the commission in the amount determined in accordance with article 424, paragraph 3, of the present Code. 3. A solicitor acting as a commercial representative (art. 184, para. 1) is entitled, in accordance with article 359 of the present Code, to retain the items in his possession which are subject to s. Eating to the trustee in order to secure his contract of assignment.