Mesorat%20hashas for Bava Batra 285:2

דאיתמר קני כחמור לא קנה את וחמור רב נחמן אמר קנה מחצה ורב המנונא אמר לא אמר כלום ורב ששת אמר קנה הכל

For it was stated: [If one was told]. 'Acquire possession like an ass'. he does not acquire ownership. [If. however. one was told]. 'You and an ass [shall acquire possession].' R. Nahman said: He acquires the ownership of a half.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The owner having implied by his statement that he wished the man and the ass to acquire equal shares. ');">⁴</span> And R. Hamnuna said: The statement is invalid '<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'he said nothing'. Since the animal and the man were given simultaneous possession. the owner has thereby intimated his desire that one shall not acquire ownership without the other; and since the animal cannot acquire ownership. the man also cannot. ');">⁵</span> And R. Shesheth said: He acquires the ownership of all.

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