Commentary for Bava Metzia 36:9
איכא דאמרי והוא שהוחזקו דלא נהדר והיינו דרבה איכא דאמרי אע"ג דלא הוחזקו לא נהדר ופליגא דרבה
R. Zera pointed out a contradiction between our Mishnah and a Baraitha, and then explained it: We learnt [in the Mishnah]: If one has brought a bill of divorcement [in order to deliver it on behalf of the husband] and has lost it, [the law is that] if it is found immediately, it is valid, if not, it is invalid. This contradicts [the following Baraitha]: If one finds in the street a bill of divorcement it shall be returned to the woman when the [former] husband admits [its genuineness], but if the husband does not admit [its genuineness] it shall not be returned to either of them.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Either to the wife or to the husband (Git. 27a). The case cannot be decided until legal evidence is adduced in support of the plea of the one or the other. ');"><sup>9</sup></span>
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