Bava Kamma 47 - Someone's Things in My Courtyard! (Torts)
If a potter brought his pots into a homeowner's courtyard without permission, and the homeowner's animal broke the pots, the homeowner is exempt from liability. If the homeowner's animal was damaged through the pots, the owner of the pots is liable to pay for the damage. But if he brought his pots with the homeowner's permission and they were broken, the owner of the courtyard is liable.
The same laws are valid if one brought his produce into a courtyard and an animal ate or harmed it.
Rebbi says: "The homeowner is not liable unless he explicitly accepts the obligation to guard it."
Art: Pottery Shop at Tunis by Willard Leroy Metcalf
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