Translation:Shulchan Aruch/Choshen Mishpat/152

Paragraph 1- In all the aforementioned cases where parties cannot obtain a presumption, their children would be able to obtain a presumption. Thus, if the son consumed three years and claims the owners sold or gifted the property to him, he would obtain a presumption If he claims, however, that he received it as inheritance from his father who consumed three years, he would not obtain a presumption. ''The same applies to a grandson who claims he inhered it from his grandfather or any ancestor. If the grandson claims he inherited it from his father, however, we would obtain a presumption.'' If the son brings witnesses attesting that the owners confessed to his father that they sold or gifted the property to him, we would allow the son to keep the field. There are those whosay that if the son did not bring witnesses but simply said the owners confessed to his father in his presence that he sold it to him, the son would be believed with a migu that he could have said he purchased it. The son of a thief is an exception to this. Even if he were to bring proof that the owners confessed to his father that he sold the field to him, it would not be a proof as was explained. If, however, the son says that the owner counted the money for his father in his presence, and the father had possession for three years, the son would be believed with a migu that he could have said he purchased it from the owner. The grandson of a thief can obtain a presumption, even if he comes via his father’s claim. If he comes via his grandfather’s claim, however, he would not obtain a presumption. ''There are those who say that if the thief’s grandsons says that the owner confessed to him that he sold the field to his grandfather, he would obtain a presumption, because a thief does not instill that much fear in a person that he would be scared of his grandson. If the thief’s son says he confessed to him that he sold to his father, however, the confession would not be of any effect because even when it comes to the thief’s son he is forced to confess out of fear.''