Commentary for Bava Metzia 3:4
בזמן שהם מודים או שיש להן עדים חולקין בלא שבועה:
Therefore the plea 'IT IS ALL MINE' is added, so as to make clear that seeing alone does not constitute a claim. But how could it be thought that one who has only seen [the garment] could plead 'I found it'? Does not Rabbannai<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' B.K. 113b; [MS.M.: Rabina. V. D.S. a. l.]. ');"><sup>3</sup></span>
Rashi on Bava Metzia
When they concede: The Gemara (Bava Metzia 8a) will explain [that with this,] it is coming to let us know that [in a case of] one who picks it up for his fellow, it is his fellow who acquires [it].
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