Responsa for Bava Metzia 152:1
הכי השתא בשלמא אי איתמר איפכא התקבל לי גיטי ואשתך אמרה הבא לי גיטי והוא אומר הילך כמו שאמרה ואמר ר"נ אמר רבה בר אבוה אמר רב משיגיע גט לידו מגורשת אלמא דאדיבורא דידה קא סמיך
How now! That were well, had the reverse been taught, thus: [If a woman said to a man,] 'Accept the divorce on my behalf;' and he [went and stated to her husband.] 'Your wife instructed me, Bring me my divorce,' [to which] he replied. 'Take it, in accordance with her instructions: and had R. Nahman ruled [thereon] in the name of Rabbah b. Abbuha in Rab's name that immediately the divorce comes into his [the agent's] hands, she is divorced; that would have proved that he [the husband] relied upon her word.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since the divorce takes effect immediately the agent accepts it. ');"><sup>1</sup></span>
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