 | John William Smith - Law reports, digests, etc - 1855 - 798 pages
...Lord Ellenborough there laid it down, that " the presumption of the duration of life, with respect to whom no account can be given, ends at the expiration...the time when they were last known to be living." It is most convenient that such a definite period should be fixed ; it draws the line distinctly, and... | |
 | Joseph Kinnicut Angell - Fire insurance - 1855 - 692 pages
...Life Policies. ities concur in stating the rule of the common law to be, that the presumption oflife, with respect to persons of whom no account can be...ends at the expiration of seven years from the time they were last known to be living ; and tnat, after which period of time, the burden of proof is devolved... | |
 | Alexander Warfield Bradford, New York (State). Surrogate's Court (New York County) - Law reports, digests, etc - 1857 - 570 pages
...continues alive until the contrary be shown. The saine judge in Doe vs. Jesson, 6 East., 80, said, " the presumption of the duration of life with respect...the time when they were last known to be living;" and in Hopewell vs. De Pinna, 2 Campbell, R., 113, he held that a party pleading coverture was bound... | |
 | Civil procedure - 1857 - 610 pages
...continues alive until the contrary be shown. The same judge, in Doe v. Jesson (6 East., SO), said, "The presumption of the duration of life with respect...the time when they were last known to be living;" and in Ilopewell v. De Peuna (2 Campbell's R., 113), he held that a party pleading coverture was bound... | |
 | Great Britain. Courts - Law reports, digests, etc - 1869 - 704 pages
...alive, he would have been entitled. In Doe v. Jesson, 6 East, 85,(a) Lord ELLENBOROUGH states, that the presumption of the duration of life with respect...from the time when they were last known to be living. The probability here is, that as he was entitled to this property, he would come into the neighbourhood... | |
 | Ohio. Superior Court (Cincinnati) - Law reports, digests, etc - 1872 - 672 pages
...each other. We may, however, select a few. In Doe v. Jesson, 6 East, 80, Lord Ellenborough said: " The presumption of the duration of life, with respect...the time •when they were last known to be living." And so in Hopewell v. De Pinna, 2 Campbell, 113, the same judge holds that "a woman pleading coverture... | |
 | Alfred Swaine Taylor - Forensic toxicology - 1873 - 926 pages
...the jury. All the authorities concur in stating the rule of the common law to be that the presumptiou 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 that, after such a period of time, the burden of proof is devolved... | |
 | Alfred Swaine Taylor - Medical jurisprudence - 1873 - 924 pages
...the jury. All the authorities concur in stating the rule of the common law to be that the presumption of life with respect to persons of whom no account can be given, ends at the expiration oí seven years (гот the time they were last known to be living ; and that, after such a period... | |
 | Alfred Swaine Taylor - Medical jurisprudence - 1873 - 928 pages
...law to be that the presumption of life with respect to persons of whom no 824 PRESUMPTION OF DEATH. account can be given, ends at the expiration of seven years from the time they were last known to be living; and that, after such a period of time, the burden of proof is devolved... | |
 | Cornelius Walford - Insurance - 1873 - 694 pages
...the Law of L. Ins., 1872 : As to the date of death, the rule of common law is, that the presumption of life with respect to persons of whom no account can be f^ivcn ends at the expiration of 7 years from the time they were last known to be living ; and after... | |
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I. c. 11.) the presumption of the duration of life, with respect to persons of whom no account can be given, ends at the expiration of seven years from the time when they were last known to be living. 
