Mesorat%20hashas for Ketubot 31:10

בשלמא לרבי אלעזר דאמר במנה ולא כלום מגו דאי בעיא אמרה מוכת עץ אני תחתיך ואית לה מאתים וקאמרה מעיקרא דלית לה אלא מנה מהימנא אלא לר' יוחנן דאמר במאתים ומנה מאי מגו איכא

This works according to R. Eliezer, who says that [the dispute between the husband and the wife is] with regard to a maneh and nothing. She has] a miggo, for if she wished she could have said, “I was injured by a piece of wood under you [after betrothal],” and she would get two hundred [zuz], and [still] she said [that she was injured] earlier, [therefore] she is believed. But according to R. Yohanan who says that [the dispute between the husband and the wife is] with regard to two hundred and a maneh, what miggo is there?

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