The law of presumptive evidence : including presumptions both of law and of fact, and the burden of proof both in civil and criminal cases, reduced to rules / by John D. Lawson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lawson, John D. (John Davison), 1852-1921.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Presumptions (Law)--United States.

Presumptions (Law).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 online resource (648 p.))

Edition:

Reprint

Place of Publication:

Fred B. Rothman & Company [Imprint] Jan. 1982 Buffalo : William S. Hein & Company, Incorporated

Summary:

Endeavors to present the topic of Presumptive Evidence (and incidentally the Burden of Proof), as follows, viz: 1. A series of rules and sub-rules. 2. A series of illustrations under each rule. 3. A discussion or commentary upon the rule and upon the particular illustration, showing the reasons for the rules themselves, and the grounds upon which the courts have proceeded in giving particular applications to them.