Supreme Judicial Court of Maine, 1841

Morton v. Barrett

Morton v. Barrett
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Decided April 15, 1841
19 Me. 109

Morton v. Barrett

Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam.

The consular certificate is not evidence of the facts therein contained. The certificate of the sexton would probably be received in England. There is no proof that the person signing as a sexton, was so in fact. Reputation is evidence of death, but only so after a lapse of time. The Court have no doubt of the death of Morton, but the safest course for the trustee is that there should be further proof of that fact.

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