making it into bricks, or wool that he wove, or a garment that he fulled. If he incorporated something of the substance of his own property into it, such as nailing shelves with nails from his own supply, he is entitled to remove them and is liable for the depreciation caused to the shelves. If the nails were from usurped wood or from the property of the one from whom the item was usurped, then the usurper has no claim to anything, and he may not remove them unless the owner orders him to do so, in which case he is obligated. If the nails belonged to the usurper and he gifted them to the owner, is the [owner] compelled to accept the gift? There are two views. If the usurper hired someone to perform any of the work we have mentioned, the wages are his responsibility. The ruling regarding its increase and decrease is the same as if he performed it himself, except that the owner has the right to hold either of them liable for the depreciation. [If he hired a butcher who slaughtered a sheep, the owner may take it and the indemnity for its loss, and he may demand payment from whichever of them he wishes.] If he holds the usurper liable, the usurper has no recourse against anyone if the butcher did not know the situation. If he holds the butcher liable, the butcher has recourse against the usurper, because [the usurper] deceived him. If the butcher knew that it was usurped and [the owner] held him liable, he has no recourse against anyone, because he destroyed the property of another without permission while knowing the situation. If [the owner] held the usurper liable, the usurper has recourse against the butcher, because the destruction resulted from [the butcher's] action, so the liability rests upon him. If he [sought the assistance of someone who] slaughtered it for him, it is the same as if he had hired him.

Section: If one usurps grain and sows it, and it becomes a crop, or date pits and they become trees, or eggs and he incubates them and they become chicks, they belong to the person from whom they were usurped because they are the growth of his property, so they resemble the cases mentioned previously. It is inferred that the usurper might own them, based on the narration mentioned in the previous section. If he usurps a chicken and it lays eggs in his possession, then she incubates her eggs and they become chicks, both belong to their owner, and