Commentary for Bava Kamma 204:9

ואמאי לימא הכא נמי מי הודיעו לצבע שיקנה צבעו לאשה אלא לאו משום דאמרינן [דשליחותיה קא עביד וכיד אשתו דמי הכא נמי] שליחותיה קא עביד וכיד בעה"ב דמי

at the statement of R. Johanan regarding the view of R. Judah.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' So that the principal is thus entitled to share any profit that may result from the transaction, though in the case of a loss he can back out and put it completely on the agent as he acted not in accordance with his mandate. ');">⁷</span> for [they said] who was it that informed the vendor of the wheat so that he might transfer the ownership of the wheat to the owner of the money?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Why then should the wheat not altogether be the property of the agent since he acted ultra vires and thus set aside the mandate. ');">¹⁵</span>

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