Ad edictum monitorium libri
Ex libro IV
Dig. 31,63Callistratus libro quarto edicti monitorii. Si heres rem, legatam ignorans, in funus consumpsit, ad exhibendum actione non tenebitur, quia nec possidet nec dolo malo fecit quo minus possideret. sed per in factum actionem legatario consulitur, ut indemnitas ei ab herede praestetur.
Ad Dig. 31,63Windscheid: Lehrbuch des Pandektenrechts, 7. Aufl. 1891, Bd. III, § 647, Note 11.Callistratus, On the Monitory Edict, Book IV. Where an heir who is not aware that certain property has been bequeathed uses it to pay the funeral expenses, he will not be liable to an action for the production of said property, because he is not in possession of it, and did not act fraudulently to avoid having possession. The legatee, however, will be granted an action in factum, in order that he may be indemnified by the heir.