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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §26.9.5.pr-26.9.5.1

Action on a Judgment Against Former Curators and Tutors

Passage 3923 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Discusses the applicability of actions on judgments against curators and tutors, determining the legal status of curators after the death of an insane person and of tutors who have guaranteed or paid the debts of the ward's father.

[PAPINIANUS libro quinto responsorum. ] §26.9.5.prPost mortem furiosi non dabitur in curatorem qui negotia gessit iudicati actio, non magis quam in tutores, si modo nullam ex consensu post depositum officium nouationem factam et in curatorem uel tutorem obligationem esse translatam constabit.
After the death of an insane person, an action on the judgment shall not be granted against a curator who has managed his affairs, any more than against tutors; provided it is established that no novation was made by consent after the termination of the office, and that the obligation was not transferred to the curator or tutor.
§26.9.5.1Tutor, qui pecuniam se soluturum cauit, quam pater pupilli condemnatus fuerat, actionem post tutelam finitam recte recusat.
A tutor who has given security that he will pay the money which the ward's father had been condemned to pay, rightly refuses the action after the guardianship has ended.
non idem in eo placuit, qui suo nomine mutuam pecuniam accepit et iudicatum pro pupillo fecit, nisi forte creditor ideo contraxit, ut in causam iudicati pecunia transiret.
The same rule does not apply to one who has received a loan in his own name and satisfied the judgment on behalf of the ward, unless perchance the creditor contracted for the purpose that the money should be applied to the case of the judgment.

Notes

  1. §26.9.5.prpost depositum officium — A construction of the preposition 'post' followed by a noun in the accusative and a perfect passive participle (the 'ab urbe condita' construction), meaning 'after the office has been laid down' or 'after the resignation of the office.'
  2. §26.9.5.1pecuniam se soluturum cauit — An accusative with infinitive construction acting as the object of the main verb 'cauit', containing the future infinitive 'soluturum [esse]'. Since the subject of the infinitive refers back to the subject of the main clause ('Tutor'), the reflexive pronoun 'se' is used.
  3. §26.9.5.1non idem in eo placuit — An impersonal passive expression 'placuit' (it has been decided/approved). Literally, 'the same has not been approved in his case', indicating that the rule of refusal allowed in the previous sentence does not apply to the person described in the following relative clause.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §26.9.5.pr-26.9.5.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:26.9.5.pr-26.9.5.1

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