Commentary for Bava Batra 185:12

תנאי היא דתניא המוכר פירות לחברו וזרען ולא צמחו זרעוני גינה שאין נאכלין חייב באחריותן זרע פשתן אינו חייב באחריותן רבי יוסי אומר

And Samuel can say: What I have said [is valid] even according to R. Aha. For R. Aha made his statement there, [that the 'covering' camel is assumed to be the killer], only because one must be guided by the principle of legal status, since it is the [camel] itself that has been confirmed in that status, [and is standing near by], but one Is not to be guided by the majority principle.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A principle which seeks to attach to the animal a status that may not belong to it. Thus it seeks to assume that this ox has been bought for slaughtering, because the majority of other oxen are bought for that purpose. ');">²²</span> Come and hear! [IF] ANYONE HAS SOLD FRUIT TO ANOTHER … AND [THE BUYER] SOWED THEM AND THEY DID NOT GROW, EVEN [IF THEY WERE] LINSEED, HE IS NOT RESPONSIBLE. Does not 'EVEN' imply. 'even linseed most of which is bought for sowing purposes'? And [does not this show that] even in such a case one is not guided by the majority principle!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' How, then, can Rab say that the majority principle is to be followed? ');">²³</span> This<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Whether the majority principle is to be relied upon in monetary questions. ');">²⁴</span> is [a subject of dispute between] Tannaim. For it has been taught: [In the case when] one has sold fruit to another and [the buyer] sowed them and they did not grow, [if they are] garden seeds which are not eaten, he is responsible;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Because everybody buys them as seed for sowing purposes only. ');">²⁵</span> [if they are] linseed, he is not responsible.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since some persons buy them for purposes other than sowing, the seller can claim to have sold them for any of these purposes. ');">²⁶</span> R. Jose said:

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