The Commentaries of Gaius and Rules of Ulpian

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1885 edition. Excerpt: ...Yet, undoubtedly, if a man renounce a partnership for the purpose of enjoying alone some anticipated gain; for instance, if my partner in all property, when left heir by some one, renounce the partnership that he may alone have the benefit of the inheritance; he will be compelled to share this gain. If, on the other hand, he chance upon some gain which he did not aim at obtaining, this belongs to him solely. But whatever is acquired from any source after the renunciation of the partnership is granted to me alone. 152. Further, a partnership is dissolved by the death of a partner, because he who makes a contract of part-1 Therefore if three men be in remaining two are no longer part-partnership and one renounce, the ners. societatem contrahit certam personam sibi eligit. (153.) Di-citur etiam capitis diminutione solvi societatem1, quia civili ratione capitis diminutio morti coaequatur, sed utique si adhuc consentiant in societatem, nova videtur incipere societas. (154.) Item si cuius ex sociis bona publice aut privatim veni-P.169 erint3, solvitur societas. sed haec quoque societas de qua loquimur est ea quae consensu contrahitur nudo3; iuris gentium est, itaque inter omnes homines naturali ratione consistit4. 155. Mandatum consistit sive nostra gratia mandemus sive aliena, itaque sive ut mea negotia geras, sive ut alterius mandaverim, contrahitur mandati obligatio, et invicem alter alteri tenebimur in id quod vel me tibi vel te mihi bona fide praestare oportet. (156.) Nam si tua gratia tibi mandem, nership selects for himself a definite person. 153. It is said that a partnership is also dissolved by a capitis diminutio1, because on the principles of the civil law a capitis diminutio is held to be equivalent to death: but certainly if the partners...