Responsa for Bava Batra 276:3
משום דאמר כראוי לו נוטלן ונוטל את חובו ודלמא כראוי לו בחובו קאמר
said, in accordance with his due', receive these and receive [also] his debt, when it is possible that he meant, 'in accordance with what is his due on account of the debt'? — R. Nahman replied: Huna has told me that this law represents the view of<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'who is this? It is, etc.'. ');"><sup>7</sup></span> R. Akiba who draws inferences [from] superfluous expression[s]. For we learnt:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Supra 63b, and 64a. ');"><sup>8</sup></span> [He<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Who sold a house. ');"><sup>9</sup></span>
Teshuvot Maharam
Q. A asked his road companion B to keep some money (sixty schillings) for him. B refused to take the money saying he had no place where to keep it. A suggested that he put it in his sheet, and B did so. Subsequently, the money was stolen from B. A, however, demanded his money and claimed that B was guilty of negligence since he slept in the market-place among thieves.
A. If B took reasonable care to watch his sheet, even though he slept in the market place, he is free from any obligation to A, since he complied with A's instructions.
SOURCES: Pr. 843.
A. If B took reasonable care to watch his sheet, even though he slept in the market place, he is free from any obligation to A, since he complied with A's instructions.
SOURCES: Pr. 843.
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