Reference for Bava Metzia 162:11

הלוהו על המשכון שומר שכר לימא מתניתין דלא כר' אליעזר דתניא המלוה את חבירו על המשכון ואבד המשכון ישבע ויטול מעותיו דברי רבי אליעזר

Said Rabbah to him [the owner]: Why should he have lied? Had he wished, he could have said, 'I went by way of Naresh.' But Abaye observed: We do not reason, 'What is the purpose of lying,' if there are witnesses [to the contrary].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For it is well known that that road is never free of water. ');">¹⁰</span>

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