Responsa for Bava Batra 103:8
איתמר אחד מן האחין שהיה נושא ונותן בתוך הבית והיו אונות ושטרות יוצאין על שמו ואמר שלי הם שנפלו לי מבית אבי אמא אמר רב עליו להביא ראיה ושמואל אמר על האחין להביא ראיה אמר שמואל מודה לי אבא שאם מת על האחין להביא ראיה
and if there are deeds<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Of sale, to the effect that he has bought property. ');"><sup>12</sup></span> and bonds<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' To the effect that he has lent money. ');"><sup>13</sup></span>
Teshuvot Maharam
Q. A says that B's mother before her death instructed B to give A one Mina out of her possessions, since she had owed money to A's mother and did not remember whether or not she had repaid the entire sum. B denies having received such instructions from his mother, and further claims that A's mother owed him more than one Mina. But A has witnesses who testify that after his mother's death B admitted having received these instructions.
A. Since B's mother did not take the required oath regarding her ketubah, she had no property of her own; even the clothes she wore on week-days belonged to the estate. Consequently B is unable to carry out his mother's instructions. B is under no moral obligation to repay his mother's debt since the mother herself had not been pressed for payment.
SOURCES: Cr. 76.
A. Since B's mother did not take the required oath regarding her ketubah, she had no property of her own; even the clothes she wore on week-days belonged to the estate. Consequently B is unable to carry out his mother's instructions. B is under no moral obligation to repay his mother's debt since the mother herself had not been pressed for payment.
SOURCES: Cr. 76.
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