Responsorum libri
Ex libro XI
Ad Dig. 22,1,42Windscheid: Lehrbuch des Pandektenrechts, 7. Aufl. 1891, Bd. III, § 647, Note 14.The Same, Opinions, Book XI. Herennius Modestinus gave it as his opinion that crops taken from land after the ownership of the same had been acquired by means of a trust, belonging to the beneficiary; even though the greater part of the year had elapsed before the trust became operative.
The Same, Opinions, Book XI. A testator left a certain sum of money to be paid annually for the maintenance of the public games of the city, over which he expressed a wish that his heirs should preside. The successors of his heirs denied that they were liable for the legacy, alleging that the testator only intended it should be paid as long as his heirs could preside over the games. Therefore, when he mentioned their presiding, I ask whether he intended payment to be made during the duration of the trust, or perpetually. Modestinus answers that the legacy should be paid to the city annually in perpetuity.
The Same, Opinions, Book XI. The following words were inserted in a will: “You will furnish food to all our freedmen according to your judgment, as you are aware with what affection I regard them.” Also, in another place, the testator said, “I commit Prothymus, Polychronius, and Hypatius, to your care, in order that they may live with you, and I ask you to provide them with food.” I ask whether food should be given to all of them, or only to those whom he recommended to his heirs, and ordered to reside with them. Modestinus answered that, according to the case stated, subsistence was left to all of the freedmen, the amount of which was to be determined by the judgment of a good citizen.