Responsa for Bava Batra 293:2

לימא ר' שמעון בן מנסיא היא ולא רבנן אפי' תימא רבנן דומה שאני

And what did he that raised the question imagine?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'and he that threw (i.e.. argued) what did he throw?' How could he even for one moment assume that the' Rabbis would not in such a case hold the same view as R. Simeon h. Menasya, when the difference between the two cases is so self evident? ');">⁴</span> — It might be suggested that he<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The testator, ');">⁵</span> was merely mentioning his grief,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The mention of the death of his son might not have been due at all to his desire to indicate the cause of his giving away his estate to strangers. It might have been a mere expression of sorrow at having no son to survive him, a fact which the disposal of his estate had brought to his mind. ');">⁶</span>

Teshuvot Maharam