[PAULUS libro quarto responsorum. ] §16.3.26.prPublia Maeuia cum proficisceretur ad maritum suum, arcam clusam cum ueste et instrumentis commendauit Gaiae Seiae et dixit ei: 'cum sana saluaue uenero, restitues mihi: certe, si aliquid mihi humanum contigerit, 'filio meo, quem ex alio marito suscepi.
[PAULUS, Opinions, Book 4] Publia Maevia, when she was setting out to her husband, entrusted a closed chest with clothing and utensils to Gaia Seia and said to her: "When I return safe and sound, you shall restore it to me; certainly, if anything human happens to me, to my son, whom I had from another husband." She died intestate.
' defuncta ea intestata desidero res commendatae cui restitui debeant, filio an marito.
I ask to whom the entrusted goods ought to be restored, to the son or to the husband.
Paulus respondit filio.
Paulus answered: To the son.
§16.3.26.1Lucius Titius ita cauit: "Ελαβον καὶ ἔχω εἰς λόγον παρακαταθήκης τὰ προγεγραμμένα τοῦ ἀργυρίου δηνάρια μύρια, καὶ πάντα ποιήσω καὶ συμφωνῶ καὶ ὡμολόγησα, ὡς προγέγραπται· καὶ συνεθέμην χορηγῆσαί σοι τόκον ἑκάστης μνᾶς ἑκάστου μηνὸς ὀβόλους τέσσαρας μέχρι τῆς ἀποδόσεως παντὸς τοῦ ἀργυρίου. "quaero, an usurae peti possunt.
Lucius Titius gave this guarantee: "I have received and have on deposit account the aforementioned ten thousand silver denarii, and I will do everything, and I agree and have promised as written above; and I have agreed to pay you interest of four obols on each mina for each month until the return of all the money." I ask whether interest can be claimed.
Paulus respondit eum contractum de quo quaeritur depositae pecuniae modum excedere, et ideo secundum conuentionem usurae quoque actione depositi peti possunt. '
Paulus answered that the contract in question exceeds the scope of deposited money, and therefore, in accordance with the agreement, interest also can be claimed by the action on deposit.
§16.3.26.2Titius Semproniis salutem.
"Titius to the Sempronii, greeting.
Habere me a uobis auri pondo plus minus decem 'et discos duos, saccum signatum: ex quibus debetis mihi decem, quos apud Titium deposuistis: item quos Trophimati decem: item ex ratione patris uestri decem et quod excurrit. ' quaero, an ex huiusmodi scriptura aliqua obligatio nata sit, scilicet quod ad solam pecuniae causam attinet.
I have from you about ten pounds of gold and two dishes, a sealed bag: from which you owe me ten, which you deposited with Titius; likewise ten which are for Trophimas; likewise ten and the excess from the account of your father." I ask whether any obligation arose from a writing of this kind, namely so far as it relates to the cause of money alone.
respondit ex epistula, de qua quaeritur, obligationem quidem nullam natam uideri, sed probationem depositarum rerum impleri posse: an autem is quoque, qui deberi sibi cauit in eadem epistula decem, probare possit hoc quod scripsit, iudicem aestimaturum.
He answered that indeed no obligation seemed to have arisen from the letter in question, but proof of the deposited things could be established; however, whether he also, who in the same letter guaranteed that ten was owed to him, can prove what he wrote, is for the judge to determine.