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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §20.6.2.pr

Debtor Claim against Possessor Paying Suit Valuation

Passage 3000 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It rules that if a creditor claims a pledge from a possessor who then pays the valuation of the suit, and the debtor later claims the thing from the possessor, the debtor must first pay the debt to the possessor.

[GAIUS libro nono ad edictum prouinciale. ] §20.6.2.prSi creditor Seruiana actione pignus a possessore petierit et possessor litis aestimationem obtulerit et ab eo debitor rem uindicet, non aliter hoc facere concedetur, nisi prius ei debitum offerat.
[GAIUS, book 9 on the Provincial Edict.] If a creditor, by the Servian action, claims a pledge from a possessor, and the possessor offers the valuation of the suit, and the debtor claims the thing from him, he will not otherwise be permitted to do this unless he first offers him the debt.

Notes

  1. §20.6.2.prab eo — The pronoun eo refers to the possessor. It describes the scenario where the debtor seeks to recover the object by a proprietary claim (uindicet) from the possessor who has paid the valuation of the suit (litis aestimatio) to the creditor.
  2. §20.6.2.prei — The dative ei refers to the possessor, not the creditor. Since the possessor has paid the valuation, they are subrogated to the position of the creditor, and thus the debtor must offer the debt to this possessor to claim the property back.

Cite this passage

Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §20.6.2.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:20.6.2.pr

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