Ex Cassio libri
Ex libro XII
Javolenus, On Cassius, Book XII. But where anyone has sold a slave with the understanding that he was to receive a price for the peculium, the peculium is held to be in the hands of the party to whom the price of the same was paid.
Javolenus, On Cassius, Book XII. But where the heir was directed to deliver the peculium on receipt of a certain sum, the peculium is not held to be in the hands of the heir.
Javolenus, On Cassius, Book XII. The action founded on the employment of property for another’s benefit cannot be brought against anyone who has liberated a slave in consideration of money received; because, by granting him his freedom, he is not enriched by the money.
Javolenus, On Cassius, Book XII. If, indeed, the father was not about to give a dowry, it is not held to have been employed in his business.