Quoting%20commentary for Ketubot 196:6

אי אמרת בשלמא מוסיף על דבריו הוי משום הכי בעל הבית מעל אלא אי אמרת מעביר על דבריו הוי בעל הבית אמאי מעל והתנן השליח שעשה שליחותו בעל הבית מעל לא עשה שליחותו שליח מעל

Now this makes sense if you say [that the agent] was merely adding to the host's instructions, this is why the householder is guilty of trespass. But if you say, [that the agent] was transgressing his instruction: Why should the householder be guilty of trespass? Have we not in fact learned: If an agent performed his mission the householder is guilty of trespass but if he did not perform his mission the agent is guilty of trespass?

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