Related%20passage for Bava Kamma 68:13

א"כ נכתוב קרא ואת המת מאי וגם ש"מ תרתי:

But did not R. Judah derive from this verse that one party will take half of the living ox together with half of the dead ox and the other party will similarly take half of the living ox and half of the dead ox?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., that the decrease in value brought about by the death will be compensated for by half in the body of the living ox. V. Supra p. 189. ');">²³</span> — If that were all, the text could have run, 'And the dead ox [they shall divide].' Why insert <i>'also'</i>? It shows that two lessons are to be derived from the verse.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Viz., the principle laid down in the preceding note and the principle maintained by R. Judah, that the defendant as well as the plaintiff has an interest in the carcass and will share the profits of any increase in its value. ');">²⁴</span>

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