recitals in private acts
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From 84 U.S. 32 - Branson v. Wirth · 1872Most cited · 53 citing opinions
the recitals of public acts are regarded as evidence of the facts recited, it is otherwise, as we have seen, in reference to private acts. They are not evidence except against the parties who procure them.