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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §50.8.11.pr-50.8.11.2

City Administrators' Liability for Funds and Land Recovery

Passage 8765 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Imperial rescripts concerning the scope of liability for city administrators, including interest on retained funds, risk allocation for unrecoverable funds from contractors, succession of liability to heirs, and the duty to recover public lands from bona fide possessors.

[PAPIRIUS IUSTUS libro secundo de constitutionibus. ] §50.8.11.prImperatores Antoninus et Uerus rescripserunt pecuniae, quae apud curatores remansit, usuras exigendas: eius uero, quae a redemptoribus operum exigi non potest, sortis dumtaxat periculum ad curatores pertinere.
[Papirius Justus, from the second book on Constitutions.] The Emperors Antoninus and Verus replied in a rescript that interest must be exacted on the money which has remained with the administrators; but that only the risk of the principal, which cannot be exacted from the contractors of the works, pertains to the administrators.
§50.8.11.1Item rescripserunt operum periculum etiam ad heredes curatorum pertinere.
They also replied that the risk of the works also pertains to the heirs of the administrators.
§50.8.11.2Item rescripserunt agros rei publicae retrahere curatorem ciuitatis debere, licet a bona fide emptoribus possideantur, cum possint ad auctores suos recurrere.
They also replied that the administrator of the city ought to recover the lands of the state, although they are possessed by purchasers in good faith, since they can have recourse to their grantors.

Notes

  1. §50.8.11.prexigendas — A gerundive (future passive participle) where the auxiliary verb 'esse' is omitted (exigendas [esse]), functioning as the infinitive in indirect speech dependent on 'rescripserunt'. Its subject is the accusative 'usuras', with 'pecuniae' as a genitive modifying 'usuras', meaning 'that interest on the money must be exacted'.
  2. §50.8.11.2auctores suos — In a legal context, 'auctor' refers to the 'grantor' or 'vendor' who transferred the property. If the purchaser faces eviction (recovery by a third party with a better title), the grantor is bound to warrant the title, allowing the purchaser in good faith to have recourse ('recurre') against them for indemnity.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §50.8.11.pr-50.8.11.2. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:50.8.11.pr-50.8.11.2

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