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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §12.6.22.pr-12.6.22.1

Recovery of Payment to Third Parties and Unreserved Servitudes

Passage 1997 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This text discusses the recovery of payment made by mistake to a third party when no obligation existed, and the recovery of an unreserved right of way through an action for an uncertain thing.

[POMPONIUS libro uicensimo secundo ad Sabinum. ] §12.6.22.prSed et si me putem tibi aut Titio promississe, cum aut neutrum factum sit aut Titii persona in stipulatione comprehensa non sit, et Titio soluero, repetere a Titio potero.
[POMPONIUS, On Sabinus, Book 22.] But also, if I should think that I promised [to pay] to you or to Titius, whereas either neither of these was done, or the person of Titius was not included in the stipulation, and I pay to Titius, I shall be able to recover from Titius.
§12.6.22.1Cum iter excipere deberem, fundum liberum per errorem tradidi: incerti condicam, ut iter mihi concedatur.
When I ought to have reserved a right of way, but by mistake delivered the estate free [of encumbrance], I shall bring an action for an uncertain thing, so that the right of way may be granted to me.

Notes

  1. 12.6.22.prcum aut neutrum factum sit — The cum clause with the subjunctive expresses a concessive or circumstantial condition ('whereas in fact...'). The pronoun 'neutrum' (neither) refers to both of the aforementioned alternative promises (to 'you' or to 'Titius') not having actually been made.
  2. 12.6.22.1iter excipere — The verb 'excipere' here means 'to except' or 'to reserve'. It refers to the act of reserving a specific servitude (a right of way, 'iter') for oneself when transferring ownership of a piece of land.
  3. 12.6.22.1incerti condicam — 'condicam' is the future indicative of 'condicere' (to bring an action for recovery). 'incerti' is a genitive used substantively, referring to the traditional formulaic action for an uncertain object (condictio incerti).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §12.6.22.pr-12.6.22.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:12.6.22.pr-12.6.22.1

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