Talmud for Bava Batra 199:5

וטעמא מאי משום דרב יהודה דאמר רב יהודה מצר שהחזיקו בו רבים אסור לקלקלו

The reporter of the one statement is not the reporter of the other.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' R. Giddal, who taught in the name of Rab that R. Eliezer deals with the case where a public path had been lost in the field, has not accepted the statement made in the name of Rab by Rabbah that the law is not in accordance with R. Eliezer. In the opinion of the former the law is in agreement with the view of R. Eliezer. Rabbah, on the other hand, who stated in the name of Rab that the law is not in agreement with R. Eliezer's view, has not accepted R. Giddal's statement. In the opinion of Rabbah, R. Eliezer speaks of all cases, even of that where no path had been lost in the field and, for this reason, the law is against him. ');">⁹</span> What, then,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since our Mishnah is not according to R. Eliezer. ');">¹⁰</span>

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