Quoting%20commentary for Bava Metzia 200:5
אלא אמר רב ששת הא מני ר"מ היא דאמר עבדא כמטלטלין דמי
— But, said R. Shesheth, [the Tanna of the Mishnah] is R. Meir, who maintained that a slave ranks as movable chattels. But the difficulty still remains: what he claims he does not admit; what he admits he does not claim. — He [the Tanna] is of R. Gamaliel's opinion. For we learnt: If he [the plaintiff] claims wheat, whilst the other [the defendant] admits [owing] barley, he is free [from an oath]. R. Gamaliel held him liable. Yet even so, it is still a case of 'Here it is!' — Said Raba: In the case of the slave [which he admitted], he [the seller] had cut off his hand; and in the case of the field, he had dug in its pits, ditches, and cavities.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Subsequent to the transaction, so that he does not offer immediately all he has admitted, as he would have to make the damage good. ');"><sup>5</sup></span>
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