Bava Metzia 34B

וחזר ואמר ״איני משלם״, מאי? מי אמרינן מהדר קא הדר ביה, או דלמא במלתיה קאי ודחויי הוא דקא מדחי ליה?

and then said: I will not pay, what is the halakha? Do we say he is retracting his intention to pay and therefore has no right to the double payment? Or, perhaps he stands committed to his initial statement and is merely postponing payment to a later date, in which case he maintains rights to the double payment.

אמר ״הריני משלם״ ומת, ואמרו בניו ״אין אנו משלמין״, מאי? מי אמרינן מהדר קא הדרי בהו, או דלמא במלתא דאבוהון קיימי, ודחויי הוא דקא מדחו ליה?

The Talmud raises another dilemma. If the bailee said: I hereby choose to pay, and then he died before paying, and his sons said: We are not paying, what is the halakha? Do we say they are retracting their father’s decision to pay, or perhaps they stand committed to fulfilling their father’s statement and are merely postponing payment to a later date when they will be able to pay?

שלמו בנים, מאי? מצי אמר להו: כי אקנאי כפילא ⁠– לאבוכון דעבד לי נייח נפשאי, לדידכו לא, או דלמא לא שנא.

The Talmud raises another dilemma. If the father died before he declared his willingness to pay and the sons paid, what is the halakha? Can the owner say to them: When I transferred rights to the double payment, I transferred them to your father, who pleased me, but to you, I did not transfer those rights? Or perhaps this case is no different, and the owner transfers rights to the double payment provided that he receives payment, and it does not matter whether it was the bailee or his sons who paid him.

שילם לבנים, מאי? מצו אמרי ליה: כי אקני לך אבונא כפילא ⁠– דעבדת ליה נייח נפשיה, אבל אנן לדידן לא, או דלמא לא שנא. שלמו בנים לבנים, מאי?

If the owner of the deposit died and the bailee paid the payment to the owner’s sons, what is the halakha? Can the sons say to the bailee: When our father transferred rights to the double payment to you, it was because you pleased him, but as far as we are concerned, you did not please us? Or perhaps it is no different, and the bailee receives the double payment. Likewise, if both the owner and the bailee died, and sons of the bailee paid the sons of the owner, what is the halakha?