Commentary for Bava Batra 308:2

מי סברת נכסי בחזקת בני משפחה קיימי וקא אתו לקוחות ומערערי נכסי בחזקת לקוחות קיימי וקא אתו בני משפחה וקא מערערי

— Do you think, [replied R. Lakish], that the property was in the possession of the members of the family and that the buyers came to protest? [This was not the case.] The property was in the possession of the buyers, and the members of the family came and protested.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since the members of the family did not, of course, possess the deed, the question of their procuring attestation of the deed cannot possibly arise, ');">⁵</span> Logical reasoning also [supports] this [view]. Since when he<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' R. Akiba. ');">⁶</span> said to them, 'You are not permitted to dishonour him', they remained silent. If it is granted [that] the members of the family protested, one can well understand why they remained silent;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' They had consideration for the honour of their relative. ');">⁷</span> if, however, it be assumed [that] the buyers protested, why [it may be asked] did they remain silent? They should have replied to him, 'We paid him money; let him be dishonoured!'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'let him be&nbsp;…' (bis). Would strangers consent to lose their purchase money out of consideration for the corpse of the men who appropriated their money? ');">⁸</span>

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