Quoting%20commentary for Bava Kamma 71:14
אי כר' ישמעאל דאמר בעלי חובות נינהו האי אחרון אחרון נשכר ראשון ראשון נשכר מבעי ליה אי כר' עקיבא דאמר תורא דשותפי הוא האי יש בו מותר
AND THE DEFENDANT WILL HAVE FIFTY <i>ZUZ</i> [IN THE BODY OF HIS OX].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' As the defendant and the first claimant became the owners of the ox in common. ');"><sup>11</sup></span> SHOULD THE OX HAVE GORED YET ANOTHER OX OF THE VALUE OF TWO HUNDRED [<i>ZUZ</i>], THE THIRD CLAIMANT WILL GET A HUNDRED [<i>ZUZ</i>] WHILE THE SECOND WILL GET ONLY FIFTY [<i>ZUZ</i>]<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For the reason v. Gemara, infra p. 203. ');"><sup>10</sup></span> AND THE FIRST TWO PARTIES<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., the defendant and the first claimant. ');"><sup>12</sup></span> WILL HAVE A GOLD <i>DENAR</i><span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., twenty-five zuz. ');"><sup>13</sup></span> [EACH IN THE BODY OF THE OX THAT DID THE DAMAGE].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' As the defendant and the first claimant became the owners of the ox in common. ');"><sup>11</sup></span> <b><i>GEMARA</i></b>. Who is the author of our Mishnah? It is in accordance neither with the view of R. Ishmael nor with that of R. Akiba!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For which cf. supra p. 181. ');"><sup>14</sup></span> For if it is in accordance with R. Ishmael, who maintains that they [the claimants of damages] are like any other creditors, how can it be said that THE LATER THE LIABILITY THE PRIOR THE CLAIM? Should it not be, the earlier the liability the prior the claim?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' As is usually the case with other creditors: v. p. 185. ');"><sup>15</sup></span> If, on the other hand, it is in accordance with R. Akiba who maintains that the ox becomes the common property [of the plaintiff and the defendant], how can it be said that, IN THE CASE OF THERE BEING A SURPLUS<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V.p. 201, n. 1. ');"><sup>16</sup></span>
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