Quoting%20commentary for Bava Batra 71:1

לדידי אמר לי עכו"ם דמינך זבנה מהימן מי איכא מידי דאילו עכו"ם אמר לא מהימן ואילו אמר ישראל משמיה דעכו"ם מהימן

'The non-Jew said to me that he had bought it from you,' his plea is accepted. [But] can it be possible that a plea which would not be accepted if put forward by a non-Jew<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Because, as stated above, the non-Jew can only prove his right by producing the deed of sale. ');">¹</span> should be accepted if put forward by a Jew in the name of a non-Jew? Raba therefore corrected himself as follows: If the Jew pleads, 'The non-Jew bought it from you in my presence and sold it to me,' his plea is accepted, because if he had liked he could have brought against him [without fear of contradiction the still stronger plea], 'I myself bought it from you.'

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