Burden of proof as to relationship in the cases of partners, landlord and tenant, principal and agent 112. When the question is whether persons are partners, landlord and tenant, or principal and agent, and it has been shown that they have been acting as such, the burden of proving that they do not stand, or … Read more
Burden of proving that person is alive who has not been heard of for seven years. 111. When the question is whether a man is alive or dead, and it is proved that he has not been heard of for seven years by those who would naturally have heard of him if he had been … Read more
Burden of proving death of person known to have been alive within thirty years. 110. When the question is whether a man is alive or dead, and it is shown that he was alive within thirty years, the burden of proving that he is dead is on the person who affirms it.