[POMPONIUS libro uicensimo primo ad Sabinum. ] §39.2.39.prInter quos paries communis est, aedificiorum nomine, quae quisque propria habet, stipulari damni infecti solent: sed tunc ea cautio necessaria est, cum aut alter solus aedificat et uitium ex opere futurum est, aut alter pretiosiora aedificia habet et plus damni sensurus sit decidente pariete: alioquin si aequale periculum est, quantum quis uicino praestat, tantum ab eo consequitur.
[POMPONIUS in the twenty-first book on Sabinus.] Between those who share a common wall, it is customary to stipulate for damage not yet done in respect of the buildings which each owns individually; but this security is necessary only when either one party alone is building and defect is to be feared from the work, or one party has more valuable buildings and is likely to suffer more damage if the wall falls; otherwise, if the danger is equal, as much as one guarantees to his neighbor, so much does he recover from him.
§39.2.39.1Si domus in controuersia sit, dicendum est damni infecti onus possessoris esse, cum id quod praestiterit imputare domino praedii possit: quod si non caueat, possessionem ad petitorem, qui caueri damni infecti sibi uelit, transferant: nam iniquum est stipulatorem compelli relicto praedio, ex quo damnum uereatur, dominum quaerere.
If a house is in dispute, it must be said that the burden of giving security for damage not yet done rests upon the possessor, since what he has performed can be charged to the owner of the estate; but if he does not give security, they should transfer possession to the plaintiff who wishes security for damage not yet done to be given to him; for it is unfair that the stipulator, leaving aside the estate from which damage is feared, should be compelled to search for the owner.
§39.2.39.2Damni infecti stipulatio latius patet.
The stipulation for damage not yet done has a wider application.
et ideo et ei, qui superficiariam insulam habet, utilis est ea stipulatio, si quid in superficie damnum datum fuerit, et nihilo minus et soli domino utilis est, si solo damnum datum fuerit, ut tota superficies tolleretur: fraudabitur enim dominus soli in pensione percipienda.
And therefore this stipulation is available also to one who has a leasehold apartment building on ground rent, if any damage is done to the superstructure; and none the less it is available also to the owner of the ground, if damage is done to the ground so that the entire superstructure is removed; for the owner of the ground will be defrauded in collecting his rent.
§39.2.39.3Alieno nomine stipulari ita licet, ut quod damnum domino datum sit, comprehendatur: cauere autem debebit is qui stipulabitur dominum ratam rem habiturum exceptioque procuratoria stipulationi inserenda erit, sicut in stipulatione legatorum: quod si ei non cauebitur, mittendus est in possessionem procurator omnimodo, ut ei exceptio procuratoria non noceat.
It is permitted to stipulate in another's name in such a way that the damage done to the owner is included; but he who stipulates must guarantee that the owner will ratify the transaction, and the procuratorial exception must be inserted in the stipulation, just as in the stipulation for legacies; but if security is not given to him, the procurator must by all means be admitted into possession, so that the procuratorial exception may not prejudice him.
§39.2.39.4In aestimando nouo pariete ratio haberi debet eius impensae, quae modum probabilem non excedet in uetere eius cultus, non qui non adgrauet.
In evaluating a new wall, account must be taken of that expense which does not exceed a reasonable limit with respect to the decoration of the old wall, so long as it is not such as to lay an excessive burden.