Every document, apparently ... by Simon Greenleaf, an American Judge

Simon Greenleaf Quotes

“Every document, apparently ancient, coming from the proper repository or custody, and bearing on its face no evident marks of forger, the law presumes to be genuine, and devolves on the opposing party the burden of proving it to be otherwise.”

60% of people like this quote

Simon Greenleaf

Author details

Name: Simon Greenleaf

Nationality: American

Date of Birth: Dec 5, 1783

Date of Death: Oct 6, 1853

Profession: Judge

Other Simon Greenleaf Quotes

That man is a religious being, is universally conceded, for it has been seen to be universally true.

Simon Greenleaf

63% of people like this quote

The importance of the facts testified, and their relations to the affairs of the soul, and the life to come, can make no difference in the principles or the mode of weighing the evidence.

Simon Greenleaf

62% of people like this quote

The object of man's worship, whatever it be, will naturally be his standard of perfection. He clothes it with every attribute, belonging, in his view, to a perfect character; and this character he himself endeavors to attain.

Simon Greenleaf

62% of people like this quote

In the ordinary affairs of life we do not require nor expect demonstrative evidence, because it is inconsistent with the nature of matters of fact, and to insist on its production would be unreasonable and absurd.

Simon Greenleaf

62% of people like this quote

Proceeding further, to inquire whether the facts related by the Four Evangelists are proved by competent and satisfactory evidence, we are led, first, to consider on which side lies the burden of establishing the credibility of the witnesses.

Simon Greenleaf

61% of people like this quote

View all Simon Greenleaf quotes