Every Document, Apparently Ancient, Coming From The Proper Repository Or Custody, And Bearing On Its Face No Evident Marks Of Forger, The Law Presumes To Be Genuine, And Devolves On The Opposing Party The Burden Of Proving It To Be Otherwise.

Every document, apparently ancient, coming from the proper repository or custody, and bearing on its face no evident marks of forger, the law presumes to be genuine, and devolves on the opposing party the burden of proving it to be otherwise.

Simon Greenleaf

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By competent evidence, is meant such as the nature of the thing to be proved requires; and by satisfactory evidence, is meant that amount of proof, which ordinarily satisfies an unprejudiced mind, beyond any reasonable doubt.

Simon Greenleaf

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