[PAULUS libro nono responsorum. ] §27.7.8.preredes eius, qui non iure tutor uel curator datus administrationi se non immiscuit, dolum et culpam praestare non debere.
[PAULUS, in the ninth book of Opinions.] The heirs of a person who, not having been legally appointed as tutor or curator, did not intermeddle with the administration, ought not to be liable for fraud or negligence.
§27.7.8.1Paulus respondit tale iudicium in heredem tutoris transferri oportere, quale defunctus suscepit.
Paulus answered that such an action ought to be transferred against the heir of the tutor as the deceased himself undertook.
hoc eo pertinet, ut non excusetur heres, si dicat se instrumenta tutelaria non inuenisse: nam cum ex omnibus bona fide iudiciis propter dolum defuncti heres teneatur, idem puto obseruandum et in tutelae actione.
This means that the heir is not excused if he says that he has not found the tutelary documents; for since in all actions of good faith the heir is held liable for the fraud of the deceased, I think that the same rule should be observed also in the action of guardianship.
sed constitutionibus subuentum est ignorantiae heredum.
But relief has been given to the ignorance of heirs by imperial constitutions.
hoc tamen tunc obseruandum est, cum post mortem tutoris heres conueniatur, non si lite contestata tutor decesserit: nam litis contestatione et poenales actiones transmittuntur ab utraque parte et temporales perpetuantur.
This, however, is to be observed only when the heir is sued after the death of the tutor, and not if the tutor died after joinder of issue (litis contestatio); for by joinder of issue penal actions also are transmitted on both sides, and temporary actions are made perpetual.