Reference for Bava Metzia 189:4
וכ"ת נילף משבורה ומתה מה לשבורה ומתה דלא אפשר למיטרח ואתויי תאמר בגניבה ואבידה דאפשר למיטרח ואתויי
will you then say [the same] in the case of theft and loss, seeing that with trouble it may be found?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Hence it may be argued that the owner must seek them, and the borrower is free from liability. ');"><sup>4</sup></span>
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Rashi on Bava Metzia
But why [should be be obligated]? it is [a case of] watching with the owner: The owner of this object that was stolen was in the employ of the watchman, for also he [the guard] has a guard to him. And it is written: "If the owner is with him he shall not pay" (Shemos 22:14). And we expound later on "with him" [as] "in his employ". And even though this is written by a borrower, later we expound this also on every type of guard in Chapter "The Borrower" (Later, 95a)
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