Commentary for Ketubot 197:9

אי אמרת בשלמא שליח כי האי גוונא עושה שליחותו ומוסיף על דבריו הוי משום הכי בעל הבית מעל אלא אי אמרת מעביר על דבריו הוי אמאי מעל

Now if you say that an agent in similar circumstances has performed his mission and was only adding to his instructions, one can well see why the owner is guilty of trespass. But if you say that [the agent in such circumstances] was transgressing his instructions, why should [the owner] be guilty of trespass?

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