[ULPIANUS libro trigesimo septimo ad Sabinum. ] §26.1.3.prQui habet tutorem pupillus uel pupilla si furere coeperint, in ea causa sunt, ut in tutela nihilo minus durent: quae sententia Quinti quoque Mucii fuit et a Iuliano probatur eoque iure utimur, ut cesset cura, si tutelae aetas indigeat.
[ULPIAN, On Sabinus, Book 37.] If a male or female ward who has a guardian should begin to be insane, they are in such a situation that they nevertheless remain under guardianship; this opinion was also that of Quintus Mucius and is approved by Julian, and we observe this rule of law, that curatorship ceases if the age for guardianship requires it.
quare si tutores habent, per furorem in curam non rediguntur, siue non habent et furor eis accesserit, nihilo minus tutores accipere poterunt: quia lex duodecim tabularum ita accepta est, ut ad pupillos uel pupillas non pertineat.
Therefore, if they have guardians, they are not reduced to curatorship by reason of madness; or if they do not have them and madness comes upon them, they can nevertheless receive guardians; because the law of the Twelve Tables has been so understood that it does not apply to male or female wards.
§26.1.3.1Quia autem in pupillorum persona adgnatos curatores non admittimus, idcirco putaui et si minor uiginti quinque annis furiosus sit, curatorem ei non ut furioso, sed ut adulescenti dari, quasi aetatis esset impedimentum.
But because we do not admit agnatic curators in the person of wards, for that reason I thought that even if a person under twenty-five years of age is insane, a curator is given to him not as to an insane person, but as to a young man, as if there were an impediment of age.
et ita definiemus ei, quem aetas curae uel tutelae subicit, non esse necesse quasi dementi quaeri curatorem, et ita imperator Antoninus Augustus rescripsit, cum magis aetati quam dementiae tantisper sit consulendum.
And thus we shall define that for one whom age subjects to curatorship or guardianship, it is not necessary to seek a curator as if for an insane person; and the Emperor Antoninus Augustus also rescribed to this effect, since in the meantime regard must be had to age rather than to insanity.
§26.1.3.2Si pupillus pupillaue cum iusto tutore tutorue cum eorum quo litem agere uult et curator in eam rem petitur, utrum ipsis poscentibus datur an uero et aduersario? et sciendum est, siue agant siue conueniantur, dari hunc curatorem posse, sed non alias, quam si ipse petat, cui dari eum oportet.
If a male or female ward wishes to bring a lawsuit against a lawful guardian, or a guardian against one of them, and a curator is requested for that matter, is he given upon their own demand, or indeed to the adversary as well? And it must be known that, whether they sue or are sued, this curator can be given, but not otherwise than if he himself requests it, to whom he ought to be given.
denique Cassius libro sexto scripsit talem curatorem neminem dari posse nisi praesentem neque cuique nisi praesenti et postulanti, itaque infanti non potest dari.
Finally, Cassius wrote in his sixth book that no such curator can be given unless he is present, nor to anyone unless he is present and requesting it; and therefore he cannot be given to an infant.
idem Cassius ait, si pupillus curatorem poscere non uult, quo minus cum eo agatur, cogi eum a praetore debuisse.
The same Cassius says that if a ward does not wish to request a curator, so that a lawsuit may not be brought against him, he ought to have been compelled by the praetor.
§26.1.3.3Quolibet loco et tempore hunc curatorem dari posse pomponius libro sexto decimo ad Sabinum scripsit.
Pomponius wrote in his sixteenth book on Sabinus that this curator can be given at any place and time.
§26.1.3.4Si pupillus petat talem curatorem nec addat in quam rem, an in omnes controuersias datus sit? et ait Celsus Seruium constituisse in omnes res datum uideri.
If a ward should request such a curator and not add for what matter, is he considered given for all controversies? And Celsus says that Servius established that he is seen as given for all matters.