[SCAEUOLA libro secundo responsorum. ] §19.1.48.prTitius heres Sempronii fundum Septicio uendidit ita: 'fundus Sempronianus, quidquid Sempronii iuris fuit, erit tibi emptus tot nummis' uacuamque possessionem tradidit neque fines eius demonstrauit: quaeritur, an empti iudicio cogendus sit ostendere ex instrumentis hereditariis, quid iuris defunctus habuerit et fines ostendere.
[SCAEUOLA in the second book of Responses] Titius, the heir of Sempronius, sold a tract of land to Septicius in this manner: 'The Sempronian tract of land, whatever right Sempronius had, shall be bought by you for so many coins.' And he delivered vacant possession but did not show its boundaries. The question arises whether he can be compelled by the action on purchase to show from the hereditary documents what right the deceased had, and to show the boundaries.
respondi id ex ea scriptura praestandum, quod sensisse intelleguntur: quod si non appareat, debere uenditorem et instrumenta fundi et fines ostendere: hoc etenim contractui bonae fidei consonat.
I answered that, based on that writing, what they are understood to have intended must be performed; but if this does not appear, the seller ought to show both the documents of the land and the boundaries, for this is consistent with a contract of good faith.