Commentary for Bava Kamma 70:5

א"ל ר' אבא בר ממל לר' חייא בר אבא אמר סומכוס אפילו ברי וברי א"ל אין אמר סומכוס אפילו ברי וברי

WHILE THE DEFENDANT ASSERTS, 'NOT SO, FOR IT WAS THE <i>TAM</i> THAT DID THE DAMAGE,' THE BURDEN OF PROOF LIES ON THE CLAIMANT. [SO ALSO] WHERE THERE WERE TWO INJURED OXEN, ONE BIG AND ONE LITTLE, SIMILARLY TWO PURSUERS, ONE BIG AND ONE LITTLE, AND THE PLAINTIFF ASSERTS THAT THE BIG ONE INJURED THE BIG ONE AND THE LITTLE ONE THE LITTLE ONE, WHILE THE DEFENDANT CONTENDS, 'NOT SO, FOR [IT WAS] THE LITTLE ONE [THAT INJURED] THE BIG ONE AND THE BIG ONE [THAT INJURED] THE LITTLE ONE'; OR AGAIN WHERE ONE WAS <i>TAM</i> AND THE OTHER <i>MU'AD</i>, AND THE PLAINTIFF MAINTAINS THAT THE <i>MU'AD</i> INJURED THE BIG ONE AND THE <i>TAM</i> THE LITTLE ONE, WHILE THE DEFENDANT PLEADS, 'NOT SO, FOR [IT WAS THE] <i>TAM</i> [THAT INJURED] THE BIG ONE AND THE <i>MU'AD</i> [THAT INJURED] THE LITTLE ONE,' THE BURDEN OF PROOF FALLS ON THE CLAIMANT.

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