Commentary for Bava Metzia 232:17

ה"ד אי דאמר עלייה זו אזדא אלא דאמר ליה עלייה סתם לוגר ליה אחריתי

But if he simply stated, 'A storey,' then let him rent him another! — Raba said: It arises only if he stated, 'This garret, which I rent you, as long as it stands, go up thither; and when it comes down [through the weather], descend you too [to the ground floor].' If so, why state it? — But, said R. Ashi, it means that he said to him, 'This storey which is upon this house, I rent to you;' thus he pledged the house for the storey. And this is in accordance with what Rabin son of R. Adda related in R. Isaac's name: It once happened that a man said to his neighbour. 'I sell you a hanging vine which is over this peach tree,' and the peach tree was later uprooted.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The vine thus losing its support. ');">¹⁶</span>

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