Commentary for Bava Kamma 196:5

אמר אמימר מאן דדאין דינא דגרמי מגבי ביה דמי שטרא מעליא ומאן דלא דאין דינא דגרמי מגבי ביה דמי ניירא בעלמא הוה עובדא וכפייה רפרם לרב אשי ואגבי ביה כי כשורא לצלמא:

would similarly here adjudge damages to the amount recoverable on a valid bill. but the one who does not adjudicate liability in an action for damage done indirectly would here adjudge damages only to the extent of the value of the mere paper. It once happened that in such an action Rafram compelled R. Ashi<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [Who in his childhood had destroyed a bond of a creditor.] ');">⁸</span> and damages were collected [from him] like a beam fit for decorative mouldings.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A metaphorical expression for 'straight and exact and out of the best of the estate', as supra p. 16; v. Rashi and Sh.M. a.l. ');">⁹</span>

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