Reference for Bava Batra 343:11

שנים שהיו בעיר אחת שם אחד יוסף בן שמעון ושם אחר יוסף בן שמעון אין יכולין להוציא שטר חוב זה על זה ולא אחר יכול להוציא עליהן שטר חוב

'This is [for] another [loan]'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The bond being made out for a sum of fifty zuz, the creditor could plausibly claim that the receipt for the hundred zuz was given for a totally different loan which had no connection whatsoever with the fifty zuz bond produced. Hence no bond must be exchanged at the request of a creditor even though he request the issue of a bond for a smaller amount in lieu of one containing a larger amount. ');">²⁷</span> <b><i>MISHNAH</i></b>. [IN THE CASE OF] TWO BROTHERS, THE ONE POOR AND THE OTHER<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'one'. ');">²⁸</span> RICH, WHOM THEIR FATHER HAD LEFT A BATH-HOUSE OR AN OLIVE-PRESS, [IF] HE BUILT THESE [TO BE LET OUT] ON HIRE, THE RENT BELONGS TO THE COMMON ESTATE.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'to the middle', i.e., it is divided between the two brothers in equal proportions. ');">²⁹</span>

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