and this entails damage; even the garment itself is harmed by it. Therefore, one who refuses to remove the dye is not to be compelled.

So what is to be done?

The matter is as stated in the first view: once he dyes the garment, he becomes a partner of the garment’s owner; the two are partners.

If the owner of the garment says, “I do not want him as a partner, because if I share this garment with him and wish to sell it, he may refuse to sell; and if I wish to keep it, he may say, ‘Rather, it should be sold,’” then a dispute will undoubtedly arise. Thus, we say: if the owner of the garment requests that it be appraised and offers the value of the dye, so that the dyed garment becomes his, his request must be granted, because refusing it would harm everyone and could lead to an endless dispute.

“If the buyer’s planting or building is removed because the land is rightfully claimed, he may recover the compensation from its seller. But if he feeds it to someone who knows that it was usurped, then liability rests upon him; and the reverse is likewise true in the reverse case ……”

His statement, “If the buyer’s planting or building is removed because the land is rightfully claimed, he may recover the compensation from its seller”: an example is where a man sells usurped land, and the buyer plants trees on it or builds upon it. Then the owner of the land produces proof that this man is a usurper. The land now rightfully belongs to the one who produced proof that it is his property, and it becomes clear that the land sold by the usurper was unlawfully taken and that the contract concerning it was invalid. The owner of the land then says to the buyer who planted or built on it: “Uproot the trees,” or, “Demolish the building.” In this case, the buyer may seek recourse against the seller, because he deceived him by presenting himself as the owner.

His statement, “he may recover the compensation from its seller,” means compensation for what he has lost. Thus he says: “I went to the trouble of purchasing the trees and of planting them, so I may recover …”