rebuttable presumption
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 287 U.S. 502 - Atlantic Coast Line R. v. Ford · 1933Most cited · 84 citing opinions
the legal effect of the presumption was to cast upon the railroad company the duty of producing some evidence to the contrary, whereupon the inference was at an end, and the question became one for the jury upon all of the evidence
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