Commentary for Bava Kamma 199:9

אלא הא ר"מ דתניא מחיצת הכרם שנפרצה

But did he not in that case also spoil it with his own hands?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' By dyeing it the wrong colour. ');">⁹</span> The reference must therefore be to the one of R. Meir which we learned: He who with [the branches of] his vine covers the crops of his fellow renders them proscribed<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In accordance with Deut. XXII, 9. ');">¹⁰</span> and will be liable for damages.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Kil. VII, 4. ');">¹¹</span> But there also did he not do the mischief with his own hands? The reference must therefore be to the one of R. Meir which was taught: 'If the fence of a vineyard [near a field of crops] is broken through,

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