[POMPONIUS libro uicesimo ad Sabinum. ] §39.3.16.prPost uenditionem et traditionem quod nocitum sit ei fundo, de quo ante iudicium acceptum sit aquae pluuiae arcendae, nihilo minus eo iudicio uenditorem posse consequi, non quia uenditori, sed quod rei damnum datum sit, idque eum emptori restituere debere.
[POMPONIUS in the twentieth book on Sabinus.] If damage is done to a tract of land after its sale and delivery, concerning which land an action for warding off rain-water had previously been accepted, the seller can nevertheless recover by that action; this is not because damage was done to the seller, but because it was done to the thing itself, and he must restore this to the buyer.
sed si ante quam noceatur is cum quo actum sit uendat, statim agendum cum emptore, uel intra annum cum eo qui uendiderit, si iudicii euitandi causa id fecerit.
But if, before any damage is done, the person against whom the action is to be brought sells the land, an action must be brought immediately against the buyer, or within a year against the seller, if he did this for the purpose of avoiding trial.