Responsa for Bava Kamma 115:3
מבריח ארי מנכסי חבירו מדעתו הוא האי לאו מדעתו אי נמי מבריח ארי מנכסי חבירו לית ליה פסידא האי אית ליה פסידא
so that no payment should be made even to the extent of the benefit. It is therefore indicated to us [here that even this benefit has to be paid for]. But why not say that this is so?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That he is 'preventing a lion' etc. ');"><sup>3</sup></span>
Teshuvot Maharam
Q. A fire, a veritable conflagration, broke out in town and people fled in fear thereof. A, however, braved the fire and saved a book the owners of which had already fled.
A. A is under no obligation to return the book to its owners, for as soon as the latter gave up hope of saving the book, it became abandoned property.
SOURCES: Cr. 251; Mord. B. K. 171; Mordecai Hagadol p. 392d; Hag. Maim., Gezelah 12, 6; Agudah B. K. 140.
A. A is under no obligation to return the book to its owners, for as soon as the latter gave up hope of saving the book, it became abandoned property.
SOURCES: Cr. 251; Mord. B. K. 171; Mordecai Hagadol p. 392d; Hag. Maim., Gezelah 12, 6; Agudah B. K. 140.
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