It Is certainly a maxim that all evidence is to be weighed according to the proof which it was in the power of one side to have produced, and in the power of the other to have contradicted. The Northwestern Reporter - Page 2021894Full view - About this book
| 1921 - 1042 pages
...most favorable to the plaintiff. "All evidence Is to be weighed according to the proof which it was iu the power of one side to have produced, and in the power of the other side to have contradicted." Kirby v. Tallmadge, ICO US at page 383, 1C Sup. Ct 349, 40 L. Ed. 4C3,... | |
| 1922 - 1202 pages
...an inference of fact and not a presumí ilion of law. The rule springs from Lord Mansfield's maxim that "all evidence Is to be weighed according to the...the power of the other to have contradicted." The salutary effect of this rule Is made apparent by the majority opinion, where It is said that the testimony... | |
| 1900 - 1020 pages
...the jury is justified in acting upon that conclusion. 'lt is certainly a maxim,' said Lord Mansfield, 'that all evidence is to be weighed according to the...side to have produced, and in the power of the. other side to have contradicted.' Blatch v. Archer, Cowp. 63, 65,"— citing, also, 1 Stark. Ev. p. 64. See,... | |
| Burr W. Jones, James Max Henderson - 1926 - 944 pages
...the fact if it exists) ; Maleolmeon v. Messon. 1 Moo. PCCNS (Eng.) 357, 369: Watson v. Munro, 6 maxim that all evidence is to be weighed according to the...the power of the other to have contradicted." '" The quoted declaration has become famous, and has frequently been reiterated. In addition to which numerous... | |
| Virginia. Supreme Court of Appeals - 1918 - 802 pages
...the work last cited, Lord Mansfield, CJ, said in Blatch v. Archer, Cowp. 66: "It is certainly a maxim that all evidence is to be weighed according to the...side to have produced and in the power of the other side to have contradicted." And as also quoted by the same learned author above referred to, Best,... | |
| George Edwin Holmes, Kingman Brewster, James Sterling Yard Ivins - 1927 - 978 pages
...both parties or the fact is otherwise proved no presumption arises.6* It was early stated as a maxim "that all evidence is to be weighed according to the...side to have produced and in the power of the other side to have contradicted. ' 'M § 102. Due Execution of Documents. Documents regular on their face... | |
| New York (State). Legislature - 1928 - 1468 pages
...allows ami far enough, in the absence of denial, to require a finding of material misrepresentation. All evidence is to be weighed according to the proof...side to have produced and in the power of the other side to have contradicted. (Rlatch v. Archer, 1 Cowper, 63, 65; Kirby v. Talimage. 160 US -Í7!), 383... | |
| United States. Supreme Court - 1934 - 816 pages
...clear enough to be obeyed. "All evidence," said Lord Mansfield in Blatch v. Archer, 1 Cowper 63, 65, " is to be weighed according to the proof which it was...side to have produced and in the power of the other side to have contradicted." Kirby v. Tallmadge, 160 US 379, 383. The validity of this order is to be... | |
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