Commentary for Yevamot 72:5

ור"ל אמר קנה לוקח קנין פירות לאו כקנין הגוף דמי:

and Resh Lakish said: The buyer does acquire ownership.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' After the death of the father, as the representative of the son, who, were he alive, would have been entitled to the inheritance. ');">¹³</span> R. Johanan said that 'the buyer does not acquire ownership', because possession of usufruct is like possession of the capital;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since the usufruct was in the ownership of the father, the capital, i.e., the soil, is also regarded as being in his possession, and the son, therefore, during the lifetime of his father is not entitled to transfer it to the buyer. ');">¹⁴</span> and Resh Lakish said that 'the buyer does acquire ownership', because possession of usufruct is not like possession of the capital.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' B.K. l.c., B.B. 136af. The soil, therefore, was the undisputed property of the son who, consequently. was fully entitled to transfer it to the buyer. ');">¹⁵</span>

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