Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Halakhah for Bava Kamma 205:3

ואם אמר לו על מנת כופין את המוכר למכור פשיטא לא צריכא דאמר להו לסהדי קמיה דידיה חזו דשטרא אחרינא קא בעינא מהו דתימא מצי א"ל אמינא שטרא מהיאך דקא שקלת בשמיה קאמרת קא משמע לן דאמר ליה להכי טרחי ואמרי להו לעדים קמך דמינך הוא דקא בעינא

[But what comparison is there?] Had R. Kahana given four to receive eight [so that it were usury]? Was it not his flax<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' After it had legally been transferred to him. ');"><sup>7</sup></span> which had by itself gone up in price and which was definitely misappropriated [by the vendors],<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Who sold it in his absence. ');"><sup>8</sup></span> and regarding this we have learnt that 'All kinds of robbers have to pay in accordance with the value at the time of the robbery'?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Supra 93b. And the value of the flax at the time of robbery in this case was exactly the amount of the purchase money received for it at the second sale. ');"><sup>9</sup></span> — It may, however, be said that there it was a case of advance payment.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., when the vendors received the money from R. Kahana they were not yet in possession of flax at all, but acted in accordance with B.M. 72b. ');"><sup>10</sup></span>

Sefer HaChinukh

And the laws of the theft as to how far he is to burden himself to return it to its owners is like that which our Rabbis, may their memory be blessed, said (Bava Kamma 103a) that one who robs the worth of a perutah from his fellow is obligated to bring it after him, even to Medea - meaning to say to a far place. But in order to lighten his burden if the expense [to do this] is great, our Rabbis, may their memory be blessed, said that he leave it with the court and they know that this money is for x, and they give it to him when he happens by.
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