25 U.S.C. § 194
Trial of right of property; burden of proof
- Code
- United States Code
- Title
- 25
- Section
- 194
- Text current through
- Pub. L. 119-111
What does the statute say?
§ 194. Trial of right of property; burden of proof
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.
(R.S. § 2126.)
Editorial Notes
Codification
R.S. § 2126 derived from act June 30, 1834, ch. 161, § 22, 4 Stat. 733.
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