Commentary for Ketubot 196:4

איבעיא להו אמר ליה זבין לי ליתכא ואזל וזבין ליה כורא מאי מוסיף על דבריו הוא וליתכא מיהא קני או דלמא מעביר על דבריו הוא וליתכא נמי לא קני

They asked: If he said, “Sell me a letekh” and the latter went and sold him a kor, what is the ruling? [Is the agent deemed to be merely] adding to the owner's instructions and [the buyer, therefore,] acquires possession of a letekh, or perhaps he is transgressing his instructions and [the buyer, therefore,] acquires no possession of a letek either?

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