Quoting%20commentary for Bava Metzia 199:5
זה אומר גדול וזה אומר קטן ישבע המוכר שהקטן מכר
— This agrees with Symmachus, who ruled: When the ownership of property is in doubt, it is divided [among the claimants] without an oath. Now, when did Symmachus rule thus? Where [each] claimant pleads, 'Perhaps [it is mine];' but did he maintain it likewise when each states, '[I am] certain'?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' As in the Mishnah, v. supra 3b, and B.K. 38b. ');"><sup>4</sup></span>
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