Reference for Bava Metzia 4:9

האי מאי אא"ב רבנן התם דלא תפסי תרוייהו אמרו רבנן המוציא מחבירו עליו הראיה הכא דתרוייהו תפסי [פלגי] לה בשבועה

[who are opposed to Symmachus]? For have these Rabbis not declared that 'the claimant must bring evidence to substantiate his claim' [while in our Mishnah the disputed article is divided on oath]? — What a comparison! In the case in which the Rabbis apply the principle that 'the claimant must bring evidence' the contending parties had not taken hold of the disputed object, but here [in our Mishnah] since both disputants hold the garment<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And although each one claims the whole garment, and thus seeks to acquire the part that the other is holding, yet they are both in the same position, so that the above principle does not apply. ');">⁸</span>

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