Responsa for Bava Batra 276:2
ושכיב מרע שאמר תנו מאתים זוז לפלוני בעל חובי כראוי לו נוטלן ונוטל את חובו ואם אמר בחובו נוטלן בחובו
If, [however], he said, 'as his debt',<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., the two hundred zuz shall be given to the creditor in payment of his debt. ');"><sup>4</sup></span> he receives these in [payment of] his debt. Should he<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The creditor. ');"><sup>5</sup></span> then, because he<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The testator. ');"><sup>6</sup></span>
Teshuvot Maharam
Q. A asked his road companion B to keep some money (sixty schillings) for him. B refused to take the money saying he had no place where to keep it. A suggested that he put it in his sheet, and B did so. Subsequently, the money was stolen from B. A, however, demanded his money and claimed that B was guilty of negligence since he slept in the market-place among thieves.
A. If B took reasonable care to watch his sheet, even though he slept in the market place, he is free from any obligation to A, since he complied with A's instructions.
SOURCES: Pr. 843.
A. If B took reasonable care to watch his sheet, even though he slept in the market place, he is free from any obligation to A, since he complied with A's instructions.
SOURCES: Pr. 843.
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