[IDEM libro septimo disputationum. ] §39.5.13.prQui mihi donatum uolebat, seruo communi meo et Titii rem tradidit: seruus uel sic accepit quasi socio adquisiturus uel sic quasi mihi et socio: quaerebatur quid ageret.
[THE SAME in the seventh book of discussions.] A person who wished to make a donation to me delivered a thing to a slave owned in common by me and Titius. The slave accepted it either as if he were going to acquire it for the partner, or as if for me and the partner; it was asked what the legal effect was.
et placet, quamuis seruus hac mente acceperit, ut socio meo uel mihi et socio adquirat, mihi tamen adquiri: nam et si procuratori meo hoc animo rem tradiderit, ut mihi adquirat, ille quasi sibi adquisiturus acceperit, nihil agit in sua persona, sed mihi adquirit.
And it is held that, although the slave accepted it with the intention of acquiring it for my partner or for me and the partner, it is nevertheless acquired for me; for even if a person delivers a thing to my procurator with the intention of acquiring it for me, and the latter accepts it as if he were going to acquire it for himself, he effects nothing in his own person, but acquires it for me.