[GAIUS libro undecimo ad edictum prouinciale. ] §24.1.30.prutilem tamen uiro competere.
[GAIUS, in the eleventh book on the Provincial Edict.] However, a useful [action] is available to the husband.
Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §24.1.30.pr
Husband's Action for Clothes Made from Donated Wool
Summary
Presents Gaius' view that, in the case where a husband gives wool to his wife who then makes clothes from it, although the clothes belong to her, a useful action is available to the husband.
Notes
- §24.1.30.prutilem — An adjective in the feminine accusative singular. The noun `actionem` (action) or `uindicationem` (claim for recovery) is omitted here, referring to a 'useful action' (utilis actio). The entire clause (utilem tamen uiro competere) is an accusative with infinitive construction, understood either as continuing from `Labeo ait` at the end of the preceding fragment (D. 24.1.29.1) or with an omitted governing verb meaning 'it is held' or 'it is said'.
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