[IDEM libro trigensimo ad edictum. ] §14.3.17.prSi quis mancipiis uel iumentis pecoribusue emendis uendendisque praepositus sit, non solum institoria competit aduersus eum qui praeposuit, sed etiam redhibitoria uel ex stipulatu duplae simplaue in solidum actio danda est.
[THE SAME from the thirtieth book on the Edict.] If anyone has been appointed for the purpose of buying and selling slaves, beasts of burden, or cattle, not only does the action on business management lie against the person who appointed him, but also a redhibitory action or an action for double or single value based on a stipulation must be granted for the whole amount.
§14.3.17.1Si seruum Titii institorem habueris, uel tecum ex hoc edicto uel cum Titio ex inferioribus edictis agere potero.
If you have held a slave of Titius as your business manager, I will be able to sue either you under this Edict or Titius under the subsequent Edicts.
sed si tu cum eo contrahi uetuisti, cum Titio dumtaxat agi poterit.
But if you forbade contracts to be made with him, an action can be brought only against Titius.
§14.3.17.2Si impubes patri habenti institores heres exstiterit, deinde cum his contractum fuerit, dicendum est in pupillum dari actionem propter utilitatem promiscui usus, quemadmodum ubi post mortem tutoris, cuius auctoritate institor praepositus est, cum eo contrahitur.
If a minor under puberty becomes the heir of a father who had business managers, and subsequently a contract is made with them, it must be said that an action is granted against the ward for the sake of the utility of common usage, just as when a contract is made with a business manager after the death of the tutor by whose authority he was appointed.
§14.3.17.3Eius contractus certe nomine, qui ante aditam hereditatem intercessit, etiamsi furiosus heres exsistat, dandam esse actionem etiam Pomponius scripsit: non enim imputandum est ei, qui sciens dominum decessisse cum institore exercente mercem contrahat.
Certainly, in respect of a contract which was entered into before the inheritance was accepted, Pomponius also wrote that an action must be granted even if the heir is an insane person; for no blame is to be imputed to one who, knowing that the owner has died, contracts with a business manager who is still carrying on the trade.
§14.3.17.4Proculus ait, si denuntiauero tibi, ne seruo a me praeposito crederes, exceptionem dandam: 'si ille illi non denuntiauerit, ne illi seruo crederet'.
Proculus says that if I have notified you not to give credit to a slave appointed by me, an exception must be granted: 'unless he had not notified him not to give credit to that slave'.
sed si ex eo contractu peculium habeat aut in rem meam uersum sit nec uelim quo locupletior sim soluere, replicari de dolo malo oportet: nam uideri me dolum malum facere, qui ex aliena iactura lucrum quaeram.
But if from that contract he has a peculium, or if it has been turned to my profit, and I do not wish to pay to the extent to which I have been made richer, a replication of fraud must be made; for I am seen to act with fraud in seeking profit from another's loss.
§14.3.17.5Ex hac causa etiam condici posse uerum est.
It is true that a condictio can also be brought on this ground.