daf bit: Bava Kama 81

[cellio]

The rabbis taught that Joshua made ten stipulations upon entering the land of Israel. One of them is that a dead body, which we must bury upon finding it, automatically has the right to be buried where found. The g'mara clarifies: if the body is found in the road, it may be removed to either side to be buried. If on one side there is an uncultivated field and on the other a fallow one, he should be buried in the uncultivated field. If on one side there is a fallow field and on the other a planted field, he should be buried in the fallow one. But if both fields are in the same state the finder may remove the body to any place he likes for burial. (81b)

(It is not clear to me whether "any place" really means that, or if it just means either of these two options. Joshua's edict would seem to mean by the side of the road, not halfway across the county.)

Comments

[caryabend.livejournal.com]

But what does one do upon finding three stacked bodies in the middle of the road?

[dsrtao]

Look for a murderer.