Commentary for Bava Batra 256:7

שלח ליה רבי אבא לרב יוסף בר חמא המוציא שטר חוב על חבירו מלוה אומר לא נפרעתי כלום ולוה אומר פרעתי מחצה והעדים מעידין שפרע כולו הרי זה נשבע וגובה מחצה מנכסים בני חורין אבל ממשועבדין לא דאמרי אנן אעדים סמכינן

R. Abba sent to R. Joseph b. Hama: [In the case when] one produces a bond of indebtedness against another, and the lender states, 'I received no payment at all', and the borrower pleads, 'I have paid a half', while witnesses testify that all [the debt] was paid, that [borrower] must take an oath,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That he repaid half the debt, in accordance with the law that the admission of part of a money claim, carries an oath on the remaining sum; v. B.M. 4a. ');">¹⁰</span> and the [lender] collects the [other] half from [the borrower's] free property but not from [that] which has been disposed of,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., either sold or mortgaged. ');">¹¹</span>

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