Baba Kama 6:2-3

Baba Kama 6:2

If a person left a sheep in the sun, or if he entrusted it to a person with congenital deafness, a person lacking mental competence or a minor, and the sheep went out and caused damage, the person who left it out or entrusted it to an unreliable agent is liable. If he entrusts it to a shepherd, the shepherd is responsible for it. If the sheep falls into a garden and derives benefit (by eating there), he must pay for the benefit the sheep derived. If the sheep entered the garden in the usual manner and caused damage, he must pay the value of the damage as follows: we evaluate the value of a seah in that field before and after the damage. (A seah is a unit of area 50 cubits by 50 cubits; a cubit is about 18”.) Rabbi Shimon says that if the sheep ate produce that was fully ripened, he pays the value of ripened produce. If the sheep ate a seah’s worth, he pays for a seah; if it ate two seah’s worth, he pays for two seah.

Baba Kama 6:3

If someone stacks sheaves on his neighbor’s property without permission and the neighbor’s animal ate them, he is exempt. If the animal is injured by the sheaves, the one who stacked them there is liable. If he stacked his sheaves there with permission, then the neighbor who owns the property is liable.