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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §16.3.34.pr

Action of Deposit for Money Demanded to Return Property

Passage 2439 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It states that an action of deposit can be brought against a depositary who demanded money to return the deposit, even if they returned it without delay and undamaged.

[IDEM libro secundo pithanon. ] §16.3.34.prPotes agere depositi cum eo, qui tibi non aliter quam nummis a te acceptis depositum reddere uoluerit, quamuis sine mora et incorruptum reddiderit.
[The same in the second book of Pithana.] You can bring an action of deposit against a person who was willing to return the deposit to you only after receiving money from you, even though he returned it without delay and undamaged.

Notes

  1. §16.3.34.prdepositi — Genitive of the charge or action with the verb agere (to bring an action), referring here to the actio depositi (action of deposit).
  2. §16.3.34.prnummis a te acceptis — Ablative absolute construction. Combined with non aliter quam (not otherwise than), it expresses a necessary condition ('only upon receiving money from you').

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §16.3.34.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:16.3.34.pr

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