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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §26.9.1.pr

Ward's Condemnation for Tutor's Fault as Possessor

Passage 3919 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Pomponius discusses Aristo's opinion that a ward in possession should be condemned due to the tutor's fault, adding his own view on the limitation of the damages sworn by the plaintiff and the condition that the ward must be able to recover from the tutor.

[POMPONIUS libro uicesimo nono ad Sabinum. ] §26.9.1.prOb dolum malum uel culpam tutoris Aristo ait pupillum possessorem condemnandum, sed non puto, quanti actor in litem iuraret: et tamen illud ita est, si rem a tutore pupillus seruare possit.
[POMPONIUS, in the twenty-ninth book on Sabinus.] Aristo says that, on account of the fraud or fault of the tutor, a ward who is in possession should be condemned; but I do not think this should be for the amount that the plaintiff would swear to in the suit. And yet, this is only so if the ward can recover the thing from the tutor.

Notes

  1. §26.9.1.prquanti actor in litem iuraret — "quanti" is a genitive of price or value, and "actor in litem iuraret" refers to the legal practice of the plaintiff's oath in court (iusiurandum in litem). An ellipsis of a predicate like "condemnandum esse" must be supplied after "puto".
  2. §26.9.1.prrem a tutore pupillus seruare possit — In this context, "seruare" means that the ward can "save," "preserve," or "recover" his property (or the equivalent value of the loss suffered) from the tutor, for example, through an actio tutelae.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §26.9.1.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:26.9.1.pr

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