pedigree
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 27 U.S. 613 - Anthony Taurin Chirac v. George Reinecker · 1829Most cited · 7 citing opinions
proof by reputation, hearsay
One of the witnesses said he died in the islands. Another witness stated, that before 1797, she resided in St Domingo, and lived on a plantation near that of J. B. Chirac (the intestate); that she heard in St Domingo, that his brother came to the intestate's residence there, and it was publicly reported in the neighbourhood, that the said brother had died; that she heard this at the house of a friend where the intestate visited, and heard it very often, and that it was generally stated as a fact.
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