Halakhah for Bava Batra 2:6

נִפּוּל הַנִּמְצָא בְתוֹךְ חֲמִשִּׁים אַמָּה, הֲרֵי הוּא שֶׁל בַּעַל הַשּׁוֹבָךְ. חוּץ מֵחֲמִשִּׁים אַמָּה, הֲרֵי הוּא שֶׁל מוֹצְאוֹ. נִמְצָא בֵין שְׁנֵי שׁוֹבָכוֹת, קָרוֹב לָזֶה, שֶׁלּוֹ. קָרוֹב לָזֶה, שֶׁלּוֹ. מֶחֱצָה עַל מֶחֱצָה, שְׁנֵיהֶם יַחֲלֹקוּ:

If a fledgling were found within fifty cubits [of a coop], it belongs to the owner of the coop. (If it were found) beyond fifty cubits, it belongs to the finder. If it were found between two coops [within fifty cubits of each] — If it were closer to this, it belongs to him (the owner of that coop); if it were closer to that, it belongs to the other. If it were in the middle, they divide.

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