Commentary for Bava Metzia 233:1

כשהוא דר לבדו הוא דר כדמעיקרא או דלמא שניהם דרין דא"ל אדעתא לאפקינן לא אגרי לך

When he [the tenant] dwells there [downstairs], does he dwell there alone, as formerly, or do both dwell there, because he [the landlord] can say to him, 'I did not rent it to you that you should evict me.' Now, should you say, both dwell therein, does he, when he makes use thereof, use it by way of the [lower] doors, or through the roof?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., reaching as hitherto the upper storey by means of the specially provided ladder and thence descending into the house. ');">¹</span>

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