settled account
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 24 U.S. 237 - Perkins Hart Executor of Hart · 1826Most cited · 106 citing opinions
prima facie evidence
a settled account is only prima facie evidence of its correctness. It may be impeached by proof of unfairness, or mistake, in law, or in fact; and if it be confined to particular items of account, it concludes nothing in relation to other items not stated in it.
How often courts cite the case defining “settled account”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “settled account” — 106 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining case as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.