Sylvester v. Stone

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “Fraud is never presumed. It has always been fundamental that the conduct of mankind is presumed to be upright and those who allege to the contrary have the burden of strict proof as to every essential allegation.”
• proof by “clear and convincing” evidence required

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).