Responsa for Bava Batra 278:2
אמר ליה רבא והשתא דשלח מי ידעינן האמר ר' יוסי בר' חנינא באושא התקינו האשה שמכרה נכסי מלוג בחיי בעלה ומתה הבעל מוציא מיד הלקוחות
Surely R. Jose b. Hanina stated:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Keth. 50a, 78b; B.K. 88b; B.M. 35a; 96b; supra 50a. ');"><sup>3</sup></span> At Usha<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. p. 207, n. 3. ');"><sup>4</sup></span>
Teshuvot Maharam
Q. A went to a distant country, leaving behind a wife and a daughter. His wife betrothed her daughter to C and promised him a dowry. C demanded that A's brother, B, become surety for the dowry. B did so, and A's wife deposited valuables with B to be used in the discharge of B's suretyship. A's wife died. When A returned, he demanded that B restore to him the valuables his late wife had entrusted to B.
A. A's wife had no right to promise a dowry or give anything to B or C without A's permission. Her promises and gifts were, therefore, void and B must return to A the valuables A's wife had deposited with him.
SOURCES: Pr. 858.
A. A's wife had no right to promise a dowry or give anything to B or C without A's permission. Her promises and gifts were, therefore, void and B must return to A the valuables A's wife had deposited with him.
SOURCES: Pr. 858.
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