evidential presumption in Alabama

7 Alabama opinions name it 3 courts 1914–1975 0 in the last five years

The cases below were cited by Alabama courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.

Followed or applied (1)

Case	Followed	Cited
Louisville & Nashville R. R. v. Smithgreen ala · 1909 · cited in 1 Alabama opinions naming this issue, 1927–1927 2 sentences 1927Co. v. Smith, 163 Ala. 141, 142, 151, 152 , 50 So. 241 , it was held that a count worded as in count 3 “stated a cause of action,” and that proof of the fact of the fire from and by a locomotive was communicated to the adjacent property was an evidential presumption that may be indulged in a breach of duty on the part of the railroad company to said property owner so damaged. 1927Co. v. Smith, 163 Ala. 141, 142, 151, 152 , 50 So. 241 , it was held that a count worded as in count 3 “stated a cause of action,” and that proof of the fact of the fire from and by a locomotive was communicated to the adjacent property was an evidential presumption that may be indulged in a breach of duty on the part of the railroad company to said property owner so damaged.	1	1

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Case	Negative	Cited
No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Alabama. Read the followed side critically anyway.

Also cited on this issue (16)

Case	Cited	Years
Bonner v. State neutral ala · 1899 2 sentences 1975Bonner v. State, 125 Ala. 49 , 27 So. 783 ; McMullen v. State, supra. “This rule, however, only amounts to an evidential presumption which the jury should consider in determining the guilt or innocence of the accused. 1945Bonner v. State, 125 Ala. 49 , 27 So. 783 ; McMullen v. State, supra. This rule, however, only amounts to an evidential presumption which the jury should consider in determining the guilt or innocence of the accused.	2	1945–1975
Weeks v. McBeth neutral ala · 1848 2 sentences 1961McBeth v. McBeth, 11 Ala. 596 ; Weeks v. McBeth, 14 Ala. 474 ; Allen v. Scruggs, 190 Ala. 654 , 67 So. 301 ; Vaughn v. Vaughn, 217 Ala. 364 , 116 So. 427 . 1914The basis of the presumption, rebuttable, of course ( 14 Ala. 474 ), is the conception that the unexplained absence of the will" from the place referable to the custody of the decedent, which he had retained during his lifetime, naturally suggests his destruction thereof.	2	1914–1961
Allen v. Scruggs green ala · 1914 2 sentences 1961McBeth v. McBeth, 11 Ala. 596 ; Weeks v. McBeth, 14 Ala. 474 ; Allen v. Scruggs, 190 Ala. 654 , 67 So. 301 ; Vaughn v. Vaughn, 217 Ala. 364 , 116 So. 427 . 1961McBeth v. McBeth, 11 Ala. 596 ; Weeks v. McBeth, 14 Ala. 474 ; Allen v. Scruggs, 190 Ala. 654 , 67 So. 301 ; Vaughn v. Vaughn, 217 Ala. 364 , 116 So. 427 .	1	1961–1961
McBeth v. McBeth neutral ala · 1847 1 sentence 1961McBeth v. McBeth, 11 Ala. 596 ; Weeks v. McBeth, 14 Ala. 474 ; Allen v. Scruggs, 190 Ala. 654 , 67 So. 301 ; Vaughn v. Vaughn, 217 Ala. 364 , 116 So. 427 .	1	1961–1961
Vaughn v. Vaughn green ala · 1928 2 sentences 1961McBeth v. McBeth, 11 Ala. 596 ; Weeks v. McBeth, 14 Ala. 474 ; Allen v. Scruggs, 190 Ala. 654 , 67 So. 301 ; Vaughn v. Vaughn, 217 Ala. 364 , 116 So. 427 . 1961McBeth v. McBeth, 11 Ala. 596 ; Weeks v. McBeth, 14 Ala. 474 ; Allen v. Scruggs, 190 Ala. 654 , 67 So. 301 ; Vaughn v. Vaughn, 217 Ala. 364 , 116 So. 427 .	1	1961–1961
National Contracting Co. v. Hudson River Water Power Co. green · 1908 1 sentence 1954People v. McBride, 234 Ill. 146 , 84 N.E. 865 ; State v. Donato, 127 La. 393 , 53 So. 662 ; State v. Intoxicating Liquors, 80 Me. 57 , 12 A. 794 ; State v. Dowdy, 145 N.C. 432 , 58 S.E. 1002 ; Hargrove v. State, 8 Okl.Cr. 487 , 129 P. 74 ; Brinkley v. State, 125 Tenn. 371 , 143 S.W. 1120 ; Runde v. Com., 108 Va. 873 , 61 S.E. 792 .	1	1954–1954
Brinkley v. State green tenn · 1911 1 sentence 1954People v. McBride, 234 Ill. 146 , 84 N.E. 865 ; State v. Donato, 127 La. 393 , 53 So. 662 ; State v. Intoxicating Liquors, 80 Me. 57 , 12 A. 794 ; State v. Dowdy, 145 N.C. 432 , 58 S.E. 1002 ; Hargrove v. State, 8 Okl.Cr. 487 , 129 P. 74 ; Brinkley v. State, 125 Tenn. 371 , 143 S.W. 1120 ; Runde v. Com., 108 Va. 873 , 61 S.E. 792 .	1	1954–1954
State v. Donato green la · 1910 2 sentences 1954People v. McBride, 234 Ill. 146 , 84 N.E. 865 ; State v. Donato, 127 La. 393 , 53 So. 662 ; State v. Intoxicating Liquors, 80 Me. 57 , 12 A. 794 ; State v. Dowdy, 145 N.C. 432 , 58 S.E. 1002 ; Hargrove v. State, 8 Okl.Cr. 487 , 129 P. 74 ; Brinkley v. State, 125 Tenn. 371 , 143 S.W. 1120 ; Runde v. Com., 108 Va. 873 , 61 S.E. 792 . 1954People v. McBride, 234 Ill. 146 , 84 N.E. 865 ; State v. Donato, 127 La. 393 , 53 So. 662 ; State v. Intoxicating Liquors, 80 Me. 57 , 12 A. 794 ; State v. Dowdy, 145 N.C. 432 , 58 S.E. 1002 ; Hargrove v. State, 8 Okl.Cr. 487 , 129 P. 74 ; Brinkley v. State, 125 Tenn. 371 , 143 S.W. 1120 ; Runde v. Com., 108 Va. 873 , 61 S.E. 792 .	1	1954–1954
State v. . Dowdy green nc · 1907 2 sentences 1954People v. McBride, 234 Ill. 146 , 84 N.E. 865 ; State v. Donato, 127 La. 393 , 53 So. 662 ; State v. Intoxicating Liquors, 80 Me. 57 , 12 A. 794 ; State v. Dowdy, 145 N.C. 432 , 58 S.E. 1002 ; Hargrove v. State, 8 Okl.Cr. 487 , 129 P. 74 ; Brinkley v. State, 125 Tenn. 371 , 143 S.W. 1120 ; Runde v. Com., 108 Va. 873 , 61 S.E. 792 . 1954People v. McBride, 234 Ill. 146 , 84 N.E. 865 ; State v. Donato, 127 La. 393 , 53 So. 662 ; State v. Intoxicating Liquors, 80 Me. 57 , 12 A. 794 ; State v. Dowdy, 145 N.C. 432 , 58 S.E. 1002 ; Hargrove v. State, 8 Okl.Cr. 487 , 129 P. 74 ; Brinkley v. State, 125 Tenn. 371 , 143 S.W. 1120 ; Runde v. Com., 108 Va. 873 , 61 S.E. 792 .	1	1954–1954
People v. McBride green · 1908 1 sentence 1954People v. McBride, 234 Ill. 146 , 84 N.E. 865 ; State v. Donato, 127 La. 393 , 53 So. 662 ; State v. Intoxicating Liquors, 80 Me. 57 , 12 A. 794 ; State v. Dowdy, 145 N.C. 432 , 58 S.E. 1002 ; Hargrove v. State, 8 Okl.Cr. 487 , 129 P. 74 ; Brinkley v. State, 125 Tenn. 371 , 143 S.W. 1120 ; Runde v. Com., 108 Va. 873 , 61 S.E. 792 .	1	1954–1954
Runde v. Commonwealth neutral va · 1908 2 sentences 1954People v. McBride, 234 Ill. 146 , 84 N.E. 865 ; State v. Donato, 127 La. 393 , 53 So. 662 ; State v. Intoxicating Liquors, 80 Me. 57 , 12 A. 794 ; State v. Dowdy, 145 N.C. 432 , 58 S.E. 1002 ; Hargrove v. State, 8 Okl.Cr. 487 , 129 P. 74 ; Brinkley v. State, 125 Tenn. 371 , 143 S.W. 1120 ; Runde v. Com., 108 Va. 873 , 61 S.E. 792 . 1954People v. McBride, 234 Ill. 146 , 84 N.E. 865 ; State v. Donato, 127 La. 393 , 53 So. 662 ; State v. Intoxicating Liquors, 80 Me. 57 , 12 A. 794 ; State v. Dowdy, 145 N.C. 432 , 58 S.E. 1002 ; Hargrove v. State, 8 Okl.Cr. 487 , 129 P. 74 ; Brinkley v. State, 125 Tenn. 371 , 143 S.W. 1120 ; Runde v. Com., 108 Va. 873 , 61 S.E. 792 .	1	1954–1954
State v. Intoxicating Liquors green · 1888 2 sentences 1954People v. McBride, 234 Ill. 146 , 84 N.E. 865 ; State v. Donato, 127 La. 393 , 53 So. 662 ; State v. Intoxicating Liquors, 80 Me. 57 , 12 A. 794 ; State v. Dowdy, 145 N.C. 432 , 58 S.E. 1002 ; Hargrove v. State, 8 Okl.Cr. 487 , 129 P. 74 ; Brinkley v. State, 125 Tenn. 371 , 143 S.W. 1120 ; Runde v. Com., 108 Va. 873 , 61 S.E. 792 . 1954People v. McBride, 234 Ill. 146 , 84 N.E. 865 ; State v. Donato, 127 La. 393 , 53 So. 662 ; State v. Intoxicating Liquors, 80 Me. 57 , 12 A. 794 ; State v. Dowdy, 145 N.C. 432 , 58 S.E. 1002 ; Hargrove v. State, 8 Okl.Cr. 487 , 129 P. 74 ; Brinkley v. State, 125 Tenn. 371 , 143 S.W. 1120 ; Runde v. Com., 108 Va. 873 , 61 S.E. 792 .	1	1954–1954
Hargrove v. State neutral oklacrimapp · 1913 2 sentences 1954People v. McBride, 234 Ill. 146 , 84 N.E. 865 ; State v. Donato, 127 La. 393 , 53 So. 662 ; State v. Intoxicating Liquors, 80 Me. 57 , 12 A. 794 ; State v. Dowdy, 145 N.C. 432 , 58 S.E. 1002 ; Hargrove v. State, 8 Okl.Cr. 487 , 129 P. 74 ; Brinkley v. State, 125 Tenn. 371 , 143 S.W. 1120 ; Runde v. Com., 108 Va. 873 , 61 S.E. 792 . 1954People v. McBride, 234 Ill. 146 , 84 N.E. 865 ; State v. Donato, 127 La. 393 , 53 So. 662 ; State v. Intoxicating Liquors, 80 Me. 57 , 12 A. 794 ; State v. Dowdy, 145 N.C. 432 , 58 S.E. 1002 ; Hargrove v. State, 8 Okl.Cr. 487 , 129 P. 74 ; Brinkley v. State, 125 Tenn. 371 , 143 S.W. 1120 ; Runde v. Com., 108 Va. 873 , 61 S.E. 792 .	1	1954–1954
Lay v. Fuller neutral ala · 1912 2 sentences 1916Dec. 206 ; Bullock v. Knox, 96 Ala. 195 , 11 South. 339 ; Lay v. Fuller, 178 Ala. 375, 380 , 59 South. 609 ; 8 Ency. of Ev. pp. 163, 164; 5 Cyc. pp. 626, 627. 1916Dec. 206 ; Bullock v. Knox, 96 Ala. 195 , 11 South. 339 ; Lay v. Fuller, 178 Ala. 375, 380 , 59 South. 609 ; 8 Ency. of Ev. pp. 163, 164; 5 Cyc. pp. 626, 627.	1	1916–1916
Weatherford v. Weatherford green ala · 1852 1 sentence 1916If the evidence sustained the complainant’s affirmation that Ann was in fact her mother, then the well-recognized evidential presumption of complainant’s legitimacy was applicable to her advantage; Ann and Wiley being at the time of her birth husband and wife. (2) A child born in lawful wedlock is presumed legitimate until the contrary is properly shown by the party who denies its legitimacy, and upon whom the burden then rests to sustain his denial. — Weatherford v. Weatherford, 20 Ala. 548 , 56 Am.	1	1916–1916
Bullock v. Knox neutral ala · 1892 1 sentence 1916Dec. 206 ; Bullock v. Knox, 96 Ala. 195 , 11 South. 339 ; Lay v. Fuller, 178 Ala. 375, 380 , 59 South. 609 ; 8 Ency. of Ev. pp. 163, 164; 5 Cyc. pp. 626, 627.	1	1916–1916

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NJ 117 (1952–2026) OR 39 (1948–2025) NE 19 (1988–2022) VA 9 (1934–1994) OH 8 (1993–2018) AL 7 (1914–1975) WA 6 (1919–2025) CT 5 (1970–1994) PA 3 (1929–2001) IL 3 (1998–2008) TX 3 (1916–2015) MA 2 (1971–1981) NC 2 (1954–1986) HI 2 (1982–2005)

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