Commentary for Bava Kamma 70:17

אמרי ברי ושמא שמא וברי חד מילתא היא ברי וברי שמא וברי תרי מילי נינהו:

likewise deals with a case where the plaintiff was doubtful and the defendant certain. But could Symmachus indeed have applied his principle even to such a case,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Which is really an absurdity, to maintain that a plaintiff pleading mere supposition against a defendant submitting a definite denial should in the absence of any evidence be entitled to any payment whatsoever. ');">¹⁴</span>

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