Responsa for Pesachim 61:6
אי אמרת בשלמא למפרע הוא גובה אמטו להכי חוזר וגובה אותה מהן דכמאן דגבו מחיים דאבוהון דמי אלא אי אמרת מכאן ולהבא הוא גובה אמאי חוזר וגובה אותה מהן הא הוי כמאן דזבין יתמי נכסי דמי ואילו קני יתמי נכסי מי קא משתעבדי לבעל חוב
Now Raba said: If Simeon is wise, he lets them seize the land, and then he reclaims it from them.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., he pleads that he has no money; hence they must take the field in payment. This will prove retrospectively that they had inherited land, not movables. Then he can demand its return, since their father had indemnified him against loss.');"><sup>8</sup></span> For R'Nahman said: If orphans seize land for their father's debt,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., for a debt owing to their father.');"><sup>9</sup></span>
Teshuvot Maharam
A. The fact that there is no actual loss of money to B does not, of itself, absolve A from taking an oath. A is not required to take the oath for another reason. B can not claim to be certain that A has cash, and no one is required to take an oath when his opponent is not certain of his claim.
This Responsum is addressed to Rabbi Asher b. Moses.
SOURCES: Cr. 7, 8; Pr. 109; L. 360. Cf. Am II, 224.
Teshuvot Maharam
A. The fact that there is no actual loss of money to B does not, of itself, absolve A from taking an oath. A is not required to take the oath for another reason. B can not claim to be certain that A has cash, and no one is required to take an oath when his opponent is not certain of his claim.
This Responsum is addressed to Rabbi Asher b. Moses.
SOURCES: Cr. 7, 8; Pr. 109; L. 360. Cf. Am II, 224.