 | Montana. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1895 - 666 pages
...evidence required. A fourth rule which governs in the production of evidence is that which required the best evidence of which the case in its nature is susceptible. This rule does not demand the greatest amount of evidence which can possibly be given of any fact,... | |
 | India, Tarapada Banerji - 1896 - 738 pages
...proving a proposition at issue lies on the party holding the substantial affirmative ; and fourthly, the best evidence, of which the case in its nature is susceptible, must always be produced." — Evi., 213. Purport of the Sections on the subject of Burden of Proof.—... | |
 | United States. Department of the Interior - Bounties, Military - 1897 - 614 pages
...absence of such evidence should be satisfactorily accounted for, as a claim must be established by the best evidence of which the case in its nature is susceptible, and the absence of record or medical evidence showing existence of and treatment in thservice for a... | |
 | United States. Department of the Interior - Bounties, Military - 1897 - 612 pages
...his claim. Mr. Greenleaf states, as the fourth rule with production of evidence, that it must be — The best evidence of which the case in its nature is susceptible. contrary, great liberty is and should be allowed, but fundamental principles may, nevertheless, and... | |
 | United States. Board of Pension Appeals - Bounties, Military - 1897 - 760 pages
...absence of such evidence should be satisfactorily accounted for, as a claim must be established by the best evidence of which the case in its nature is susceptible, and the absence of record or medical evidence showing existence of and treatment in the service for... | |
 | William Cox Cochran - 1892 - 370 pages
...consignee, to the master and sailors of a ship or vessel. Primary, first, or principal. Primary evidence, the best evidence of which the case in its nature is susceptible; original, as opposed to secondary, or derivative; used especially of documents. Primate, an Archbishop... | |
 | United States. Pension Bureau - Military pensions - 1898 - 188 pages
...absence of such evidence should be satisfactorily accounted for, as a claim must be established by the best evidence of which the case in its nature is susceptible." (Vol. 8, Secretary's Decisions, p. 304.) In the same decision "satisfactory" evidence is defined as... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1898 - 1248 pages
...authentic, and. In case of subsequent absence or death of a witness, are of great value, and oftentimes the best evidence of which the case, In Its nature, Is susceptible. It is well settled that the former testimony of an absent or deceased witness may be repeated at a... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1898 - 862 pages
...often? A. Not very often; a couple of times, I suppose." Now, it is an elementary rule of evidence that "the best evidence of which the case in its nature is susceptible " must be adduced. Greenleaf on Evidence (13 ed.), 583. It is very clear that plaintiff's experience... | |
 | James Bradley Thayer - Evidence (Law) - 1898 - 680 pages
...proving a proposition, or issue, lies on the party holding the affirmative. And the fourth is, that the best evidence of which the case in its nature is susceptible must always be produced." These four topics give name to the first four chapters of Part II. ; and... | |
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It is an elementary principle of the law of evidence that the best evidence of which the case in its nature is susceptible... 
