Reference for Bava Metzia 8:10

אלא קשיא לרבי חייא שאני התם דקא מסייע ליה שטרא א"נ משום דהוה ליה שטר שעבוד קרקעות ואין נשבעין על כפירת שעבוד קרקעות

he would have had to swear; and seeing that the admission [of 'two'], for which the note is sufficient evidence, is like [the offer] 'Here they are', it follows that 'Here they are necessitates an oath? — No; I could quite well maintain that when he says 'two' he is also free [from taking an oath], and the reason why 'three' is stated is to express disagreement with R. Simeon b. Eleazar, who says that [the debtor] is like one who admits part of the claim, and he has to take an oath: We are thus informed that he is like the restorer of lost [property], and he is free [from taking an oath].

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