 Seeing that the entry bears date more than fifty years before the trial, proof of the death of the person signing it was unnecessary. Under such circumstances, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, it is to be presumed that he is dead.  The Scots Law Times - Strana 2251902Úplné zobrazení - Podrobnosti o knize
 | Thomas Starkie - 1833 - 864 str.
...was a magistrate tlonor constable, it is sufficient to prove that he acted as such ; for then, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, it is to be presumed that he was duly and legally appointed (d). So where a document is of a public nature, a copy of it is evidence... | |
 | Esek Cowen, Nicholas Hill - 1839 - 906 str.
...that a person is a public officer, it is sufficient to show that he acted ns such ; for then, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, it is to be presumed that he was duly and legally appointed. (See post of the text, 226, and note 427. 3 Starkie's Ev. 39-2,... | |
 | Louisiana. Supreme Court - 1849 - 814 str.
...October, 1842, at which date he came, for the first time, to Louisiana, where he has since lived. In the absence of evidence to the contrary, it is to be presumed that the defendant endorsed the note in Mississippi. The citation was served on the 22d December, 1846.... | |
 | 1852 - 1094 str.
...cited as an authority on behalf of the infant defendant, and for the purpose of shewing that, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, it is to be presumed that a person entering into the marriage contract communicates the state of his property to the other part... | |
 | Edmund Hatch Bennett, Chauncey Smith - 1853 - 690 str.
...cited as an authority on behalf of the infant defendant, and for the purpose of showing that, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, it is to be presumed that a person entering into the marriage contract communicates the state of his property to the other parties... | |
 | John Frederick Archbold - 1853 - 848 str.
...that a person is a public officer, it is sufficient to show that ho acted as such ; for, then, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, it is to be presumed that he was duly and legally appointed. 3 Starkie's Ev. 392, 3. So. where a document is of a public nature,... | |
 | Great Britain. Court of Chancery, Charles Beavan - 1853 - 660 str.
...cited as an authority on behalf of the infant Defendant, and for the purpose of showing, that in the absence of evidence to the contrary, it is to be presumed, that a person entering into the marriage contract communicates the state of his property to the other parties... | |
 | Great Britain. Court of Chancery, Charles Beavan - 1853 - 662 str.
...cited as an authority on behalf of the infant Defendant, and for the purpose of showing, that in the absence of evidence to the contrary, it is to be presumed, that a person entering into the marriage contract communicates the state of his property to the other parties... | |
 | Edmund Hatch Bennett, Chauncey Smith - 1855 - 688 str.
...trial, proof of the death of the person signing it was unnecessary. Under such circumstances, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, it is to be presumed that he is dead. After the the lapse of thirty years it is unnecessary to call an attesting witness. And,... | |
 | 1859 - 792 str.
...appointments in question are not shown to have been in Narunbhaee's (witness No. 34) gift, and, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, it is to be presumed that the officer in whose gift the appointments were looked to the fitness of his nominations himself. The... | |
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