 | Abraham Clark Freeman - 1905 - 1236 sider
...a conclusion: Smith v. Knowlton, 11 NH 191; Puckett v. State, 1 Sneed (Tenn.), 356. The presumption of life, with respect to persons of whom no account...ends at the expiration of seven years from the time they were last known to be living, and when it is sought to prove death within that period by circumstantial... | |
 | Thomas Johnson Michie - 1907 - 988 sider
...a mere presumption of law, the rule is now settled for most judicial purposes, that the presumption of life with respect to persons, of whom no account...ends at the expiration of seven years from the time they were last known to be living; after which the burden of proof is devolved on the party asserting... | |
 | John Jay McKelvey - 1907 - 626 sider
...sufficient evidence of the death of the absent party. is Lord Ellenborough expresses the rule as follows : "The presumption of the duration of life with respect...the time when they were last known to be living." 16 This is not a satisfactory statement of the rule, as it involves the use of the word "presumption"... | |
 | 1907 - 1306 sider
...Nebraska. The rule is settled that the presumption of life wltii respect to persons of whom no account cau be given ends at the expiration of seven years from the time they were last known to be living, after which the burden of proof is devolved on the party asserting... | |
 | New York (State). Courts, Francis Blaine Delehanty (Reporter), Austin B. Griffin (Reporter), Robert George Scherer (Reporter), Edward Jordan Dimock (Reporter), Joseph Albert Lawson (Reporter), Charles Cook Lester (Reporter), William Van Rensselaer Erving (Reporter), Louis J. Rezzemini (Reporter) - 1913 - 742 sider
...6, with respect to leases dependent on lives, and also according to the statute of bigamy (1 Jac., 1 c. 11), the presumption of the duration of life, with...the time when they were last known to be living." The presumption of death is a very modern presumption. Professor Thayer traces the rise and the development... | |
 | Sir James Fitzjames Stephen - 1918 - 1032 sider
...Kan. 72, 143 P. 430. Nebraska. The presumption of life with respect to a person of whom no account be given ends at the expiration of seven years from the time he was last known to be living. — Holdredge v. Livingston, 79 Neb. 238, 112 NW 341; Rosencrans v.... | |
 | 1920 - 264 sider
...appointed, Mr. Justice Clark said (page 229) "The rule is now well settled for most judicial purposes of whom no account can be given ends at the expiration of seven years from the time they were last known to be living," and held that A being presumed to be dead, the share of his father's... | |
 | Henry Roscoe, James Sands Henderson - 1922 - 812 sider
...The presumption of the duration of life of persons of whom no account can be given, generally ende at the expiration of seven years from the time when they were last known to be living. Per Ld. Elkmborough, CJ, Doe d. George v. Jesson. 6 East, 84 ; Doe d. Lloyd v. Deakin, 4 B. & A. 433.... | |
 | 1901 - 1254 sider
...Jesson, 6 East, 80, 85, referring to the statutes of 19 Car. II. c. G, and 1 Jac. I. c. 11, said that "the presumption of the duration of life with respect...the time when they were last known to be living." Mrs. Ellice acknowledged the deed under consideration in the year ISIS, when she is presumed to have... | |
 | 1920 - 986 sider
...appointed, Mr. Justice Clark said (page. 229) "The rule is now well settled for most judicial purposes of whom no account can be given ends at the expiration of seven years from the time they were last known to be living," and held that A being presumed to be dead, the share of his father's... | |
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And Lord Ellenborough. In Doe v. Jesson, 6 East, 80, 85, referring to the statutes of 19 Car. II. c. G, and 1 Jac. I. c. 11, said that "the presumption of the duration of life with respect to persons of whom no account can be given, ends at the expiration... 
