Ad edictum provinciale libri
Ex libro XX
Dig. 40,12,26Idem libro vicensimo ad edictum provinciale. Qui ex libertate in servitutem petit, si iudicii de evictione servandi causa contra libertatem agit, iniuriarum actione non convenitur.
The Same, On the Provincial Edict, Book XX. Where anyone claims a person who is at liberty as his slave, and only brings the action for the purpose of having recourse in case of eviction, he cannot be sued in an action on injury.