Commentary for Bava Batra 45:1
אתו אומני ויתבי תותייהו ואתו עורבי אכלי דמא וסלקי אבי תאלי ומפסדי תמרי אמר להו רב יוסף אפיקו לי קורקור מהכא א"ל אביי והא גרמא הוא אמר ליה הכי אמר רב טובי בר מתנה זאת אומרת גרמא בניזקין אסור
under which cuppers used to sit [and let blood], and ravens used to collect to suck up the blood, and they used to fly on to the date trees and damage them. So R. Joseph said to the cuppers. 'Take away your croakers from here.' Said Abaye to him, 'But they are only the indirect cause?' — He replied: 'R. Tobi bar Mattanah has expressly said: This is equivalent to saying that it is prohibited to cause damage indirectly.' But [R. Joseph] had given them a right [to let blood under the trees]?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Either (a) by allowing them to do so for three years without protest. or (b) by selling them the ground under the trees. V. Tosaf. ');"><sup>1</sup></span> — R. Nahman has said in the name of Rabbah b. Abbuha; There is no legal title to things causing damage.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Cf. infra p. 116 ');"><sup>2</sup></span>
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