[ULPIANUS libro octauo decimo ad edictum. ] §9.2.13.prLiber homo suo nomine utilem Aquiliae habet actionem: directam enim non habet, quoniam dominus membrorum suorum nemo uidetur.
[ULPIAN, from the eighteenth book on the Edict.] A free man has an analogous action under the Lex Aquilia in his own name; for he does not have a direct action, since no one is deemed to be the owner of his own limbs.
fugitiui autem nomine dominus habet.
But on account of a runaway slave, the owner has the action.
§9.2.13.1Iulianus scribit, si homo liber bona fide mihi seruiat, ipsum lege Aquilia mihi teneri.
Julian writes that if a free man serves me in good faith, he himself is liable to me under the Lex Aquilia.
§9.2.13.2Si seruus hereditarius occidatur, quaeritur, quis Aquilia agat, cum dominus nullus sit huius serui.
If a slave belonging to an inheritance is killed, the question arises as to who may bring the action under the Lex Aquilia, since there is no owner of this slave.
et ait Celsus legem domino damna salua esse uoluisse: dominus ergo hereditas habebitur.
And Celsus says that the law wished losses to be made good to the owner; therefore, the inheritance will be regarded as the owner.
quare adita hereditate heres poterit experiri.
Hence, once the inheritance has been accepted, the heir will be able to bring the action.
§9.2.13.3Si seruus legatus post aditam hereditatem sit occisus, competere legis Aquiliae actionem legatario, si non post mortem serui adgnouit legatum: quod si repudiauit, consequens esse ait Iulianus dicere heredi competere.
Julian says that if a bequeathed slave is killed after the acceptance of the inheritance, the action under the Lex Aquilia is available to the legatee, provided that he did not fail to accept the legacy after the death of the slave; but if he rejected it, it follows that the action is available to the heir.