Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Commentary for Bava Batra 73:3

זה החזיק באילנות וזה החזיק בקרקע אמר רב זביד זה קנה אילנות וזה קנה קרקע מתקיף לה רב פפא אם כן אין לו לבעל אילנות בקרקע כלום לימא ליה בעל קרקע לבעל אילנות עקור אילנך שקול וזיל אלא אמר רב פפא זה קנה אילנות וחצי קרקע וזה קנה חצי קרקע:

and the other becomes the legal owner of the ground.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., the ground under the trees and as much round them as is required for tending them (Rashb.). ');"><sup>5</sup></span> R. Papa strongly objected to this ruling. According to this, [he said,] the owner of the trees has no right whatever in the ground, and the owner of the ground can therefore tell him [when the tree withers], 'Cut down your tree and take it and be gone.' No, said R. Papa, [the law is that] the one becomes owner of the trees and half the ground, and the other of half the ground.

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