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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §17.1.14.pr-17.1.14.1

Action on Mandate Following Inheritance Sale and Guarantor's Debt Payment

Passage 2454 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

The text discusses whether the heir of a guarantor has an action on mandate if he sells the inheritance and the buyer pays, and explores the legal recourse available when one of two heirs buys the other's share and pays the debt.

[ULPIANUS libro trigensimo primo ad edictum. ] §17.1.14.prHeredem fideiussoris, si soluerit, habere mandati actionem dubium non est.
[ULPIANUS libro trigensimo primo ad edictum.] There is no doubt that the heir of a guarantor, if he has paid, has an action on mandate.
sed si uendiderit hereditatem et emptor soluerit, an habeat mandati actionem, quaeritur.
But if he has sold the inheritance and the buyer has paid, it is asked whether he has an action on mandate.
et Iulianus libro tertio decimo scribit idcirco heredem habere mandati actionem, quia tenetur iudicio ex empto, ut praestet actiones suas, idcircoque competere ex empto actionem, quia potest praestare.
And Julian writes in his thirteenth book that the heir has an action on mandate for this reason, because he is bound by an action on purchase to cede his actions, and that an action on purchase is available for this reason, because he is able to cede them.
§17.1.14.1Si fideiussori duo heredes extiterint et alter eorum a coherede emerit hereditatem, deinde omne quod defunctus fideiusserat stipulatori soluerit, habebit aut ex stipulatu aut ex empto obligatum coheredem suum: idcirco is mandati actionem habebit.
If two heirs exist to a guarantor, and one of them has bought the inheritance from his co-heir, and then has paid the stipulator the entire sum for which the deceased had acted as guarantor, he will have his co-heir bound to him either on stipulation or on purchase; therefore, he will have an action on mandate.

Notes

  1. §17.1.14.prut praestet actiones suas — A subordinate clause introduced by the conjunction 'ut', specifying the substance of 'tenetur' (is bound). Here, 'praestare' means to cede or transfer his own actions (the action on mandate) to the buyer.
  2. §17.1.14.prcompetere ex empto actionem, quia potest praestare — The subject of 'competere' is 'ex empto actionem', meaning 'the action on purchase is available'. In the 'quia' clause, the subject of 'potest' is the heir ('heredem'), and the object of the infinitive 'praestare' ('actiones suas') is omitted from the context.
  3. §17.1.14.1habebit aut ex stipulatu aut ex empto obligatum coheredem suum — The phrase 'habebit obligatum... coheredem suum' functions as 'he will have his co-heir bound' (holding him under obligation). 'Ex stipulatu' (on stipulation) and 'ex empto' (on purchase) denote the legal bases from which this obligation arises.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §17.1.14.pr-17.1.14.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:17.1.14.pr-17.1.14.1

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