Commentary for Eruvin 118:4

כמאן דלא כר"ע דאי כר"ע הא אמר רגל המותרת במקומה אוסרת אפי' שלא במקומה

causes the restriction of free movement on others<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Even though they also prepared the prescribed 'erub.');">⁹</span> in<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Cur. edd. insert 'even' which is deleted by Rashi and others.');">¹⁰</span> a place that is not his?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Infra 75a. Sc. in an outer courtyard in which he did not reside but in which he was entitled to the right of passage by virtue of his residence in an inner courtyard whose one and only door opened out into it. Now, since according to R. Akiba the residents of the inner courtyard, on account of their right of passage through the outer one, impose restrictions on the free movement of its residents, the inhabitants of the two halves of the town under discussion should likewise, according to R. Akiba, impose upon one another the restrictions of free movement, since each of them is also entitled to a right of passage through the public domain that passed through the other half of the town in which he did not reside. As no such restrictions, however, are imposed, must R. Papa's ruling be said to be contrary to R. Akiba's view?');">¹¹</span> - It<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' R. Papa's ruling.');">⁶</span>

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