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the one who says that these matters, the loan, never happened and that the promissory note is forged. Therefore, he has no claim to the paper on which the promissory note is written.
§ R' Elazar says: The dispute in the Mishnah between R' Meir and the Rabbis is in a case when the purported liable party does not admit to the debt. As, R' Meir holds that with a promissory note that does not include a property guarantee, one can collect a debt neither from liened property that ha
And R' Yoḥanan says: The dispute is in a case when the liable party admits to the debt. As, R' Meir holds that it is only from liened property that one cannot collect a debt using a promissory note that does not include a property guarantee, but one does collect a debt from unsold property. And the
It is taught in a baraita in accordance with the opinion of R' Yoḥanan, and from it there is also a conclusive refutation of one element of the opinion of R' Elazar and a conclusive refutation of two elements of the opinion of Shmuel.
The baraita teaches: In a case where one found promissory notes and they include a property guarantee, even if both the creditor and the debtor agree about the existence of the debt, the finder should not return it to this creditor or to that debtor. If they do not include a property guarantee, the