[IAUOLENUS libro secundo ex Plautio. ] §18.4.8.prQuod si nulla hereditas ad uenditorem pertinuit, quantum emptori praestare debuit, ita distingui oportebit, ut, si est quidem aliqua hereditas, sed ad uenditorem non pertinet, ipsa aestimetur, si nulla est, de qua actum uideatur, pretium dumtaxat et si quid in eam rem impensum est emptor a uenditore consequatur
[JAVOLENUS, From Plautius, book 2.] But if no inheritance belonged to the seller, as to how much he ought to make good to the buyer, a distinction must be made as follows: if indeed there is some inheritance, but it does not belong to the seller, the inheritance itself should be valued; if there is none which can be seen to have been the subject of the transaction, the buyer should recover from the seller only the price and whatever expenses have been incurred for that matter.