Commentary for Bava Kamma 204:17

אמר מר הלוקח שדה בשם ריש גלותא אין כופין אותו ריש גלותא למכור מכלל דמקנא קניא ליה לימא פליגא דבני מערבא דאמרי וכי מי הודיעו לבעל חטין שיקנה חטין לבעל הבית

Our Rabbis taught: If one man buys a field in the name of another, he cannot compel the latter to sell it to him; but if he explicitly made this stipulation with the vendor he could force him to sell. What does this mean? Said R. Shesheth: What is meant is this: If one man buys a field from another in the name of the Exilarch,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' He asked him to draw up the deed in the name of the Exilarch for the purpose of frightening away possible disputants. ');">²⁸</span> he cannot subsequently force the Exilarch to sell it to him,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., to draw up a new deed in the name of the actual purchaser. ');">²⁹</span>

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