De bonorum possessione furioso infanti muto surdo caeco competente
(Concerning the prætorian possession of property granted to an insane person, an infant, or one who is dumb, dead, or blind.)
1 Papinianus libro quinto decimo quaestionum. Furioso Titius substitutus est: bonorum possessionis tempus, quamdiu furiosus in eadem condicione est, neque instituto neque substituto cedit. nec, si curator furiosi nomine possessionem accipere potest, idcirco spatium temporis, quod scientibus praefinitum est, videbitur cedere: nam et pater infanti filio possessionem accipit, quo tamen cessante infans non excluditur. quid ergo, si curator accipere nolit? nonne iustius atque utilius erit ad eundem modum proximo cuique possessionem dari, ne bona iaceant? quo admisso substitutus cautionem praestare cogitur omnibus his, quibus bona restitui debent, si forte institutus in eodem furore decesserit aut compos mentis effectus ante mortem obierit, quam hereditatem agnosceret. nam et fieri potest, ut vivo furioso substitutus decedat nec tamen furiosus obstet ceteris, si prius et ipse decesserit, quam hereditatem adquireret.
1 Papinianus, Questions, Book XV. Titius was substituted as the heir of an insane person. The time prescribed for demanding prætorian possession does not run either against the appointed heir, or the substitute, as long as the insane person remains in the same condition, and if the curator of one who is insane acquires possession in his name, the time fixed for making the claim by those who are aware of the facts will not run against him. For a father can demand possession in behalf of his infant child, but if he fails to do so, the child will not, for that reason, be excluded. But what must be done if the curator refuses to make the application? Will it not be more just and proper to give possession to the next of kin to prevent the property from being without an owner? If this is admitted, the substitute can be compelled to give security to all those to whom the property should be transferred, if the appointed heir should die while insane, or if, having recovered his senses, he should afterwards die before accepting the estate; for the substitute himself might die during the lifetime of the insane person, and still he would not interfere with the claims of the others, if he himself should die before acquiring the estate.
2 Ulpianus libro trigesimo nono ad edictum. Mutus surdus caecus bonorum possessionem admittere possunt, si quod agatur intellegant.
2 Ulpianus, On the Edict, Book XXXIX. A person who is dumb, deaf, or blind, can obtain prætorian possession of property, if he understands what is taking place.