Quoting%20commentary for Bava Kamma 44:3

בשלמא למ"ד אשו משום חציו משום הכי פטור אלא למאן דאמר אשו משום ממונו אמאי פטור אילו קטל תוריה עבדא הכי נמי דלא מיחייב

near by it and all being burnt, there is exemption [for barn and goat].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Infra 43b and 61b. For all civil actions merge in capital charges and the defendant in this case is charged with murder (since the slave was chained and thus unable to escape death), and thus exempt from all money payment arising out of the charge; cf. infra 70b. ');">⁴</span> Now this is in accordance with the view maintaining the liability for Fire to be based upon human agency: there is therefore exemption here [since capital punishment is attached to that agency].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Infra 43b and 61b. For all civil actions merge in capital charges and the defendant in this case is charged with murder (since the slave was chained and thus unable to escape death), and thus exempt from all money payment arising out of the charge; cf. infra 70b. ');">⁴</span>

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