36 Wash. 2d 764 - Potts v. Nelson’s Empirical Analysis

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1. “The date of the clerk’s file mark appearing upon an instrument or part of a record filed with him is prima facie evidence of the time when such instrument or part of a record was filed, and, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, is conclusive. It is no doubt true that, if an issue were raised before the court as to the correctness of the clerk’s minute, the court could properly hear and determine that issue. But nothing of that kind is involved in this case.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Malott v. Randall