Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Responsa for Bava Kamma 229:8

אימא אף דין עם הטבח מהו דתימא אין מתנות כהונה נגזלות קמ"ל

and there is nevertheless here a difference of opinion? For we learnt: If one asked another to sell him the inside of a cow in which there were included priestly portions he would have to give it to the priest without deducting anything from the [purchase] money; but if he bought it from him by weight he would have to give the portions to the priests and deduct their value from the [purchase] money.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Hul. X, 3. ');"><sup>13</sup></span> And Rab thereupon said that the [last] ruling could not be explained except where it was the purchaser who weighed it for himself, for if the butcher<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., the vendor. ');"><sup>14</sup></span>

Teshuvot Maharam

Q. A's house was robbed and he reported this in town. Subsequently, he recognized one of his books in B's possession B had bought the book from C who had bought it from a Gentile. Moreover, A does not usually sell his books. B, therefore, stated under oath the price he paid for the book; but A constantly deferred payment of that amount.
A. A owes that amount to B. Since the court has a right to distrain a debtor's article for the benefit of the creditor, the court may surely confirm B in the possession of the book after the latter pays to A the difference between its actual value and the price he had originally paid. If B paid C for the book more than the latter paid to the Gentile, C must return the difference to A.
SOURCES: Am II. 138.
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