Meltzer v. Meltzer’s Empirical Analysis

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6 state decisions

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1. “An authentic act in Louisiana, as under the French Code, is presumed to be valid, and this presumption is established in the interest of public order, to maintain peace among men and to prevent contestations concerning the proof or evidence of their conventions. Succession of Tete, 7 La.Ann. 95, 96 (La. 1852). | sWhere, as here, the memories of the signatories are blurred by the passage of time, one seeking to invalidate an apparently authentic act must present strong and convincing proof of such magnitude as to overcome the presumption of verity of notarial acts. DiVincenti v. McIntyre, 611 So.2d 140, 142 (La.App. 1st Cir.1992), writ denied 614 So.2d 1264 (La.1993).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 867 So. 2d 142 - Moore v. Burns

2. “A. An authentic act is a writing executed before a notary public or other officer authorized to perform that function, in the presence of two witnesses, and signed by each party who executed it, by each witness, and by each notary public before whom it was executed ... B. To be an authentic act, the writing need not be executed at one time or place, or before the same notary public or in the presence of the same witnesses, provided that each party who executes it does so before a notary public or other officer authorized to perform that | (¡function, and in the presence of two witnesses and each party, each witness, and each notary public signs it ...”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 140 So. 3d 1258 - Stokes v. Layssard