Teshuvot Maharam · Berlin Edition, Part II, Chapter 32
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שאלה. וששאלתם על האשה שמרדה על בעלה ויצאה מביתו ותפסה חפצים משלו ואמרה נתתם לי במתנה כל כמה דלא חזי' לחפצים בידה מהימנא מגו דאי בעי' אמרה להד"ם או החזרתים אבל כי חזי' להו בידה אפי' אין עדי' בדבר שהיו אלו החפצים של בעלה אינה נאמנת לומר שלי הם ולא של פלוני הם כדתני' בפ' חזקת הבתים (בבא בתרא נ"א ע"ב) וכן האשה הנו"נ בתוך הבית וכו' עד עליה להביא ראי'.
Q. L rebelled against her husband and left him. She took with her some of his valuables which he now demands. L, however, claims that he gave her these valuables as an outright gift. Are we to give credence to L's assertion? Moreover, is a widow permitted to keep valuables she claims to have received from her husband as an outright gift? A. If the valuables were not seen in the woman's possession, we must give credence to her assertion, since she could have denied having taken them or could have claimed to have returned them (principle of Miggo). But, since in this case the fact of their being in L's possession is established, L must return the valuables unless she produces witnesses to substantiate her claim. SOURCES: Cr. 268; Am II, 32; Mordecai Hagadol, p. 313d.
שאלה. וששאלתם על האשה שמרדה על בעלה ויצאה מביתו ותפסה חפצים משלו ואמרה נתתם לי במתנה כל כמה דלא חזי' לחפצים בידה מהימנא מגו דאי בעי' אמרה להד"ם או החזרתים אבל כי חזי' להו בידה אפי' אין עדי' בדבר שהיו אלו החפצים של בעלה אינה נאמנת לומר שלי הם ולא של פלוני הם כדתני' בפ' חזקת הבתים (בבא בתרא נ"א ע"ב) וכן האשה הנו"נ בתוך הבית וכו' עד עליה להביא ראי'.
Q. L rebelled against her husband and left him. She took with her some of his valuables which he now demands. L, however, claims that he gave her these valuables as an outright gift. Are we to give credence to L's assertion? Moreover, is a widow permitted to keep valuables she claims to have received from her husband as an outright gift?
A. If the valuables were not seen in the woman's possession, we must give credence to her assertion, since she could have denied having taken them or could have claimed to have returned them (principle of Miggo). But, since in this case the fact of their being in L's possession is established, L must return the valuables unless she produces witnesses to substantiate her claim.
SOURCES: Cr. 268; Am II, 32; Mordecai Hagadol, p. 313d.