Watson v England
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Court | High Court of Chancery |
| Judgment Date | 22 February 1844 |
| Date | 22 February 1844 |
English Reports Citation: 60 E.R. 266
HIGH COURT OF CHANCERY
Watson
and
England
S. C. 8 Jur. 1062.
Evidence. Presumption of Death.
[28] watson v. england. Feb. 22, 1844. [S. C. 8 Jur. 1062.] Evidence. Presumption of Death. A person ought not to be presumed to be dead from the fact of his not having been heard of for seven years, if the other circumstances of the case render it probable that he would not be heard of though alive. The old law relating to the presumption of death is daily becoming more and more untenable in consequence of the increased facility of travelling. The decree in this cause directed the Master to inquire and state whether Mary Bilton was living or dead, and, if dead, when she died, &c...
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