Commentary for Bava Batra 273:7

מאי טעמא אמר אביי מתנת שכיב מרע לא קנה אלא לאחר מיתה וכבר קדמו אחריך

R. Johanan said: The <i>halachah</i> is according to Rabban Simeon b. Gamaliel, who [however], admits that if [the estate] was assigned<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' By the first recipient. ');">¹⁹</span> as the gift of a dying person, the transaction is invalid.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And the second beneficiary may reclaim it from the donee. ');">²⁰</span> What is the reason? — Abaye said, [because] the gift of a dying person is acquired only after death, and [by that time] 'after you'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., the second beneficiary, with reference to whom the original owner and testator had said to the first beneficiary, 'after you it shall be given' etc. ');">²¹</span>

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