Commentary for Yevamot 219:2

והא פליגי בה חדא זימנא דאיתמר קדשה על תנאי וכנסה סתם רב אמר צריכה הימנו גט ושמואל אמר אינה צריכה הימנו גט

cohabited [with her] what is Samuel's reason?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since cohabitation renders the betrothal of the first husband valid, that of the second must be invalid; why then did Samuel require the woman to be divorced from her second husband! ');">⁴</span> — He holds the view that one Who performs cohabitation does so in reliance on his first betrothal.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Which was invalid. The marriage with the second husband is therefore valid and can be annulled by divorce only. ');">⁵</span> But surely they<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Rab and Samuel. ');">⁶</span> once disputed this point! For it was stated: If a man betrothed a woman conditionally,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Stipulating, for instance, that she must have no bodily defect or that she must not be subject to any restrictions due to a vow she may have made. ');">⁷</span> and unconditionally, Rab ruled: She<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' If it was discovered that she had a defect or that she was subject to the restrictions due to a vow. ');">⁸</span>

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