Responsa for Bava Metzia 165:1
ואפילו במקום מדרון נמי התינח היכא דליכא ראיה אבל היכא דאיכא ראיה ניתי ראיה ונפטר דתניא איסי בן יהודה אומר (שמות כב, ט) אין רואה שבועת ה' תהיה בין שניהם הא יש רואה יביא ראיה ויפטר
And even on sloping ground, it is reasonable [that the bailee swears] where no evidence is possible;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., if it was an unfrequented place. ');"><sup>1</sup></span>
Teshuvot Maharam
Q. A demands from B rent for fifteen years, during which period B lived in his house. B claims that he paid the rent, and, in turn, demands payment for putting up, in A's house, certain necessary structures. A, however, claims that he did not ask B to put up such structures.
A. B should take an oath that he paid A the rent, and be free from that obligation. If B can prove, or if A admits, that he, B, put up the structures mentioned, B has a right to remove them.
SOURCES: Pr. 962.
A. B should take an oath that he paid A the rent, and be free from that obligation. If B can prove, or if A admits, that he, B, put up the structures mentioned, B has a right to remove them.
SOURCES: Pr. 962.
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