Responsa for Bava Batra 282:10
אימור דשמעת ליה לרבי יוחנן בן ברוקה לדבר שישנו בעולם לדבר שאינו בעולם מי אמר
[represents the view of] R. Johanan b. Beroka who said, that there was no difference between an inheritance and a gift! For we learnt:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Supra 130a. ');"><sup>19</sup></span> R. Johanan b. Beroka said: If [a person] said [it]<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That a certain individual shall inherit all his estate. ');"><sup>20</sup></span>
Teshuvot Maharam
Q. One of the witnesses to a document subsequently became related to the beneficiary named in the document.
A. The document has no value unless witnesses testify that they saw the document, and recognized the signatures of the witnesses, in the hands of its present possessor before the witness in question became a relative of the beneficiary.
SOURCES: Pr. 115, 919, Am. II, 101; Mord. Sanh. 696. This Responsum relates to Pr. 50. In Cr. 31, L. 355, the two parts are printed together.
A. The document has no value unless witnesses testify that they saw the document, and recognized the signatures of the witnesses, in the hands of its present possessor before the witness in question became a relative of the beneficiary.
SOURCES: Pr. 115, 919, Am. II, 101; Mord. Sanh. 696. This Responsum relates to Pr. 50. In Cr. 31, L. 355, the two parts are printed together.
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