Commentary for Bava Batra 17:2

הנהו בי תרי טבחי דעבדי עניינא בהדי הדדי דכל מאן דעביד ביומא דחבריה נקרעוה למשכיה אזל חד מנייהו עבד ביומא דחבריה קרעו למשכיה אתו לקמיה דרבא חייבינהו רבא לשלומי

There were two butchers who made an agreement with one another that if either killed on the other's day, the skin of his beast should be torn up. One of them actually did kill on the other's day, and the other went and tore up the skin. Those who did so were summoned before Raba, and he condemned them to make restitution. R. Yemar b. Shelemiah thereupon called Raba's attention to [the Baraitha which says] that the towns-people may inflict penalties for breach of their regulations. Raba did not deign to answer him. Said R. Papa: Raba was quite right not to answer him; this regulation holds good only where there is no distinguished man in the town, but where there is a distinguished man, they certainly have not the power to make such stipulations.

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