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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §27.3.5.pr

Liability of a Tutor Failing to Return Deposited Goods

Passage 3999 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Ulpian discusses the liability of a tutor who fails to return a thing deposited or lent by the pupil's father, and the recovery of money improperly received by the tutor to return it.

[ULPIANUS libro quadragesimo tertio ad Sabinum. ] §27.3.5.prSi tutor rem sibi depositam a patre pupilli uel commodatam non reddat, non tantum commodati uel depositi, uerum tutelae quoque tenetur.
[ULPIANUS in his forty-third book on Sabinus] If a tutor does not return a thing deposited with him or lent to him by the father of the pupil, he is held liable not only by the action on loan or deposit, but also by the action on guardianship.
et si acceperit pecuniam, ut reddat, plerisque placuit eam pecuniam uel depositi uel commodati actione repeti uel condici posse: quod habet rationem, quia turpiter accepta sit.
And if he has received money in order to return it, most authorities have held that this money can be recovered either by the action on deposit or on loan, or can be claimed by condictio; and this is reasonable, because it was received disgracefully.

Notes

  1. §27.3.5.prcommodati uel depositi, uerum tutelae quoque — These are genitives of the names of actions, with the noun `actione` (ablative) understood. They depend on `tenetur` (is held liable).
  2. §27.3.5.prut reddat — A purpose clause with the present subjunctive `reddat`. The direct object of the verb (the thing `rem` to be returned) is omitted as it is clear from the context.
  3. §27.3.5.prcondici — The present passive infinitive of the verb `condicere` (to claim back under a condictio). In the accusative and infinitive construction (dependent on `plerisque placuit`), it takes `eam pecuniam` as its subject accusative.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §27.3.5.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:27.3.5.pr

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