Commentary for Bava Batra 318:13

אתא לקמיה דרב נחמן אמר ליה זיל ברור אכילתך אמר ליה רבא לרב נחמן דינא הכי המוציא מחבירו עליו הראיה קשיא דרבא אדרבא ודרב נחמן אדרב נחמן

A man once said to his friend, 'I am selling you the estate of Bar Sisin.' [In it] there was [a plot of] land that bore the name of Bar Sisin, [but the seller] told him, 'This does not belong to Bar Sisin, though it bears the name of Bar Sisin.'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' It is his in name only, not in fact. ');">²⁰</span> [When the matter] was brought before R. Nahman he decided in favour of the buyer.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'he placed it firmly in the hand of the buyer'. ');">²¹</span>

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