Commentary for Ketubot 169:5

אתא לקמיה דרבי אבהו א"ל אית לך סהדי דפרעתינהו אמר ליה לא אמר ליה מיגו דיכולין לומר לא היו דברים מעולם יכולין נמי למימר סיטראי נינהו

He came in front R. Abbahu [to complain]. He asked him, “Have you witnesses that you have paid them?” He said, “No.” He said back to him, “Since they could say that the payment was never made, they are also entitled to plead that the payment was made in settlement of some other claims.”

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