Statute · United States Code
25 U.S.C. § 194 — Trial of right of property; burden of proof
25 U.S.C. § 194
- Type
- Statute
- Source
- United States Code
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 2025-01-06
- Topic
- litigation
In all trials about the right of property in which an Indian may be a party on one side, and a white person on the other, the burden of proof shall rest upon the white person, whenever the Indian shall make out a presumption of title in himself from the fact of previous possession or ownership.
Citator
25 U.S.C. § 194 — Trial of right of property; burden of proof is in force in the current edition of the Code, and nothing recorded condemns it.
In all trials about the right of property in which an Indian may be a party on one side, and a white person on the other, the burden of proof shall rest upon the white person, whenever the Indian shall make out a presumption of title in himself from the fact of previous possession or ownership.