Commentary for Bava Batra 313:10

ואי סלקא דעתך דאיקני קנה ומכר דאיקני קנה והוריש לא משתעבד נהי נמי דאב מית ברישא דאיקני הוא

According to R. Meir who holds [the view that] a person may transfer possession of something that has not [yet] come into existence, there can be no question; for [the lender] has undoubtedly acquired possession.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., the lender is entitled to seize any real estate bought and sold after the date of the note. ');">²⁷</span> The question arises according to [the view of] the Rabbis who maintain [that] a person may not transfer possession of something that has not [yet] come into existence.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Has a mortgage, according to the Rabbis, more force than a sale, and may the lender, therefore, seize the sold land or not? ');">²⁸</span> R. Joseph said, Come and hear: And the Sages Say: This [creditor] who sold him<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The borrower. ');">²⁹</span>

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