[ULPIANUS libro uicensimo septimo ad edictum. ] §13.5.5.prEum, qui Ephesi promisit se soluturum, si constituat alio loco se soluturum, teneri constat.
[ULPIANUS, from the twenty-seventh book on the Edict.] It is well established that a person who promised that he would pay at Ephesus is held liable if he promises to pay at another place.
§13.5.5.1Iulianus legatum Romae constituentem, quod in prouincia acceperat, putat conueniri debere, quod et uerum est.
Ulpian writes that Julian thinks an envoy who promises to pay in Rome what he had received in a province ought to be sued, and this is correct.
sed et si non cum Romae esset, sed in prouincia adhuc, constituit se Romae soluturum, denegatur in eum actio de constituta.
But even if, not when he was in Rome but while still in the province, he promised that he would pay in Rome, the action on a promise to pay is denied against him.
§13.5.5.2Quod exigimus, ut sit debitum quod constituitur, in rem exactum est, non utique ut is cui constituitur creditor sit: nam et quod ego debeo tu constituendo teneberis, et quod tibi debetur si mihi constituatur, debetur.
Our requirement that what is promised must be a debt is demanded as an objective fact, and not necessarily that the person to whom the promise is made is the creditor: for both if you promise to pay what I owe, you will be held liable by your promise, and if what is owed to you is promised to me, it is owed.
§13.5.5.3Iulianus quoque libro undecimo scribit: Titius epistulam ad me talem emisit: 'Scripsi me secundum mandatum Seii, si quid tibi debitum adprobabatum erit me tibi cauturum et soluturum sine controuersia. ' tenetur Titius de constituta pecunia.
Julian also writes in his eleventh book: Titius sent me a letter of this kind: 'I have written that in accordance with the mandate of Seius, if any debt to you shall be proved, I will guarantee and pay it to you without dispute.' Titius is held liable under the action on a promise to pay.
§13.5.5.4Sed si quis constituerit alium soluturum, non se pro alio, non tenetur: et ita Pomponius libro octauo scribit.
But if anyone promises that another will pay, and not himself on behalf of another, he is not held liable: and Pomponius writes so in his eighth book.
§13.5.5.5Item si mihi constituas te soluturum, teneberis: quod si mihi constitueris Sempronio te soluturum, non teneberis.
Likewise, if you promise me that you will pay, you will be held liable: but if you promise me that you will pay Sempronius, you will not be held liable.
§13.5.5.6Iulianus libro undecimo digestorum scribit procuratori constitui posse: quod Pomponius ita interpretatur, ut ipsi procuratori constitutas te soluturum, non domino.
Julian writes in the eleventh book of his Digest that a promise can be made to a procurator: which Pomponius interprets to mean that you promise to pay the procurator himself, and not the principal.
§13.5.5.7Item tutori pupilli constitui potest et actori municipum et curatori furiosi: §13.5.5.8sed et ipsi constituentes tenebuntur.
Likewise, a promise can be made to a tutor of a ward, to an agent of a municipality, and to a curator of a madman: but also if they themselves make the promise, they will be held liable.
§13.5.5.9Si actori municipum uel tutori pupilli uel curatori furiosi uel adulescentis ita constituatur municipibus solui uel pupillo uel furioso uel adulescenti, utilitatis gratia puto dandam municipibus uel pupillo uel furioso uel adulescenti utilem actionem.
If a promise is made to an agent of a municipality, or to a tutor of a ward, or to a curator of a madman or of a young person, that payment is to be made to the municipality, the ward, the madman, or the young person, I think that for the sake of utility, a beneficial action should be given to the municipality, the ward, the madman, or the young person.
§13.5.5.10Seruo quoque constitui posse constat et si seruo constituatur domino solui uel ipsi seruo, qualemqualem seruum domino adquirere obligationem.
It is also established that a promise can be made to a slave, and if a promise is made to a slave that payment is to be made to his master or to the slave himself, a slave of whatever status acquires an obligation for his master.