Commentary for Bava Metzia 155:9

רבי חייא בר אבא אמר ר' יוחנן הא מני ר"מ היא דאמר כל המעביר על דעת של בעל הבית

R. Jose b. Hanina said: It means, e.g., that it died through fatigue.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Thus, if it was driven on the mountain instead of on the plain, the owner can plead that the ascent had overtaxed its strength. Contrariwise, if driven through the plain instead of on the mountain, it can be urged that the bracing air of the mountain, which is lacking on the plain, would have revived it. ');">¹⁵</span> Rabbah said: It means that it was bitten by a serpent.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And the owner can plead, 'Had you kept to the place agreed upon, that fate would not have met it.' ');">¹⁶</span> R. Hiyya b. Abba said in R. Johanan's name: This [the first clause] agrees with R. Meir, who ruled: Whoever disregards the owner's stipulation

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