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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §19.1.49.pr-19.1.49.1

Liability for a Fictitious Tenant and Post-Payment Interest

Passage 2815 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

This chunk discusses the seller's liability to the buyer for collusively fabricating a tenant, and whether interest on the price can be claimed after the principal has been paid following a default.

[HERMOGENIANUS libro secundo iuris epitomarum. ] §19.1.49.prQui per collusionem imaginarium colonum circumueniendi emptoris causa subposuit, ex empto tenetur nec defenditur, si, quo facilius excogitata fraus occultetur, colonum et quinquennii pensiones in fidem suam recipiat.
[HERMOGENIANUS in the second book of Epitomes of Law] Anyone who, through collusion, has substituted an imaginary tenant for the purpose of circumventing the buyer, is held liable on the action on purchase; nor is he defended even if, in order that the devised fraud may be more easily concealed, he takes the tenant and the rent of five years under his own guarantee.
§19.1.49.1Pretii, sorte licet post moram soluta, usurae peti non possunt, cum hae non sint in obligatione, sed officio iudicis praestentur.
Interest on the price cannot be claimed, even though the principal has been paid after default, since this is not in the obligation but is awarded by the office of the judge.

Notes

  1. §19.1.49.prquo facilius — The conjunction `quo` is used instead of `ut` to introduce a purpose clause because it is accompanied by the comparative adverb `facilius`, taking the present passive subjunctive verb `occultetur`.
  2. §19.1.49.1sorte licet post moram soluta — `sorte soluta` (ablative singular feminine of sors, 'principal', and the perfect participle of solvere, 'to pay') forms an ablative absolute, which is combined with `licet` acting as a concessive conjunction ('although' or 'even though').

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §19.1.49.pr-19.1.49.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:19.1.49.pr-19.1.49.1

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