United States v. First City National Bank of Houston

How courts have described this case

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• holding that the general rule is that the party claiming the benefit of exemption to a statute bears the burden of proof
• holding that the general rule is that the party claiming the benefit of exemption to a statute bears the burden of proof
• holding that a party claiming an exception must prove that they acted within the exception
• noting general rule that party claiming benefit of exception to statutory prohibition bears burden of proof
• stating the “general rule” of statutory construction that the party who “claims the benefits of an exception to the prohibition of a statute” carries the burden of establishing that the exception applies
• party claiming “benefits of an exception to the prohibition of a statute” carries the burden of establishing that it comes within the exception

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).