Commentary for Bava Kamma 129:5

אמר רב ששת אמינא כי ניים ושכיב רב אמר להא שמעתא דתניא כחושה והשמינה משלם תשלומי כפל ותשלומי ארבעה וחמשה כעין שגנב

For it was taught: [If a thief misappropriated] a lean animal and fattened it, he has to pay the double payment or four-fold and five-fold payments according to the value at the time of theft. [Is this not a contradiction to the view of Rab?]<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' According to whom four-fold and five-fold payments are reckoned on the basis of the value when the case comes into court. ');">⁹</span> — It might, however, be said [that the thief has to pay thus] because he can say, 'Am I to fatten it and you take it?'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Whereas where there was an increase in price or where the animal became fatter by itself, the ruling of Rab may hold good. ');">¹⁰</span>

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