Responsa for Bava Metzia 19:18
ואי תקון רבנן כי לא אמר מאי הוי
R. Hiyya b. Abba said in the name of R. Johanan: If one lifts up a found object for his neighbour, the neighbour acquires it. And if you will say: Our Mishnah [differs]!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In that it says that the person who picked up the object and said, 'I took possession of it,' acquired it for himself, even though he acted for the rider who told him to give it to him. ');"><sup>18</sup></span>
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