Ad legem Iuliam et Papiam libri
Ex libro XV
Dig. 33,2,22Ulpianus libro quinto decimo ad legem Iuliam et Papiam. ‘Patrimonii mei reditum omnibus annis uxori meae dari volo’. Aristo respondit ad heredem uxoris non transire, quia aut usui fructui simile esset aut huic legato ‘in annos singulos’.
Ulpianus, On the Lex Julia et Papia, Book XV. “I desire the income of my estate to be paid every year to my wife.” Aristo gives as his opinion that this legacy will not pass to the heir of the wife, because it resembles either an usufruct, or a legacy to be paid annually.
Dig. 39,6,37Idem libro quinto decimo ad legem Iuliam et Papiam. Illud generaliter meminisse oportebit donationes mortis causa factas legatis comparatas: quodcumque igitur in legatis iuris est, id in mortis causa donationibus erit accipiendum. 1Iulianus ait: si quis servum mortis causa sibi donatum vendiderit et hoc vivo donatore fecerit, pretii condictionem donator habebit, si convaluisset et hoc donator elegerit. alioquin et ipsum servum restituere compellitur.
The Same, On the Lex Julia et Papia, Book XV. Generally speaking, it must be remembered that donations mortis causa are comparable to legacies. Therefore, any rule of law which applies to legacies must be understood also to apply to donations mortis causa. 1Julianus says that if anyone should during the lifetime of the donor sell a slave given to him as a donation mortis causa, the latter will be entitled to a personal action to recover the price, if he should regain his health, and choose to do so; otherwise, the donee will be compelled to return the slave himself.