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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §17.1.51.pr

Early Payment by a Surety and Timing of Recourse

Passage 2491 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It explains that if a surety mistakenly pays before the due date, he cannot claim recovery from the creditor, nor can he bring an action on mandate against the principal debtor until the original due date.

[IAUOLENUS libro nono ex Cassio. ] §17.1.51.prFideiussor quamuis per errorem ante diem pecuniam soluerit, repetere tamen ab eo non potest ac ne mandati quidem actionem, antequam dies soluendi ueniat, cum reo habebit.
[IAUOLENUS from the ninth book on Cassius] A surety, even if he paid the money before the due date by mistake, cannot recover it from him, nor indeed will he have the action on mandate against the principal debtor before the day for payment arrives.

Notes

  1. §17.1.51.prrepetere — Even though the payment was made before the due date, because the debt itself exists, recovery (repetitio) as a payment of what was not due is not allowed.
  2. §17.1.51.prcum reo — Here, "reus" refers to the principal debtor (reus promittendi) in relation to the surety (fideiussor).
  3. §17.1.51.prac ne mandati quidem actionem ... habebit — The negative correlative ne ... quidem ("not even") negates the entire clause including the verb habebit.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §17.1.51.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:17.1.51.pr

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