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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §19.5.22.pr

Actions for Mending Clothes Based on Payment Terms

Passage 2909 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Discusses the classification of agreements for cleaning or mending clothes as mandate, letting and hiring, or an action on the case (with prescribed words), depending on whether and when a fee is agreed upon.

[GAIUS libro decimo ad edictum prouinciale. ] §19.5.22.prSi tibi polienda sarciendaue uestimenta dederim, si quidem gratis hanc operam te suscipiente, mandati est obligatio, si uero mercede data aut constituta, locationis conductionisque negotium geritur.
[GAIUS, in the tenth book on the Provincial Edict.] If I give you clothes to be cleaned or mended, and you undertake this task gratuitously, an obligation of mandate arises; but if a fee is given or agreed upon, a contract of letting and hiring is transacted.
quod si neque gratis hanc operam susceperis neque protinus aut data aut constituta sit merces, sed eo animo negotium gestum fuerit, ut postea tantum mercedis nomine daretur, quantum inter nos statutum sit, placet quasi de nouo negotio in factum dandum esse iudicium, id est praescriptis uerbis.
But if you have neither undertaken this task gratuitously, nor has a fee been given or agreed upon beforehand, but the business was transacted with the intention that afterwards only so much should be given under the name of reward as should be agreed between us, it is held that an action on the case, as if upon a new contract, that is, in prescribed words, must be granted.

Notes

  1. §19.5.22.prpolienda sarciendaue uestimenta dederim — The gerundives polienda and sarcienda agree with the accusative noun uestimenta, and in combination with the verb dederim express the purpose of the delivery ('to be cleaned or mended').
  2. §19.5.22.preo animo negotium gestum fuerit, ut postea tantum mercedis nomine daretur, quantum inter nos statutum sit — The phrase eo animo is an ablative of quality or manner ('with such an intention'), which is clarified by the appositional/consecutive ut-clause explaining the content of the intention. Within this clause, the quantum-clause limits tantum, referring to the amount to be determined later.
  3. §19.5.22.prplacet quasi de nouo negotio in factum dandum esse iudicium — The impersonal verb placet ('it is held/agreed') governs the accusative and infinitive construction with dandum esse iudicium as its subject. In this context, iudicium virtually stands for actio (action/remedy).

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §19.5.22.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:19.5.22.pr

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