Legal Opinion
Saxton v. Harris
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided September 8, 1964No. 440PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DIMOND, Justice.
A jury awarded $10,000 to appellees who had claimed that they were fraudulently induced by appellant to invest $10,000 in a Kentucky oil lease. Appellant’s first point on this appeal is that the trial court erred in instructing the jury on the question of burden of proof.
The court gave the jury two instructions on burden of proof. Instruction No. 3 told the jury that the party asserting the affirmative of an issue must prove it by a preponderance of the evidence. Instruction No. 3A stated that in actions for fraud each element of the fraud must be proved by evidence that is…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- John Factor v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1960
- Mitchell Ex Rel. Mitchell v. KnightAlaska Supreme Court · 1964
- Raymond L. Sears v. Southern Pacific Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1963
- McCoy v. Alaska Brick Co.Alaska Supreme Court · 1964
- Snipes v. MarchAlaska Supreme Court · 1963
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3Cited by53 opinions
- Malvo Ex Rel. Malvo v. J. C. Penney Co.Alaska Supreme Court · 1973
- Dorman v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1981
- Holiday Inns of America, Inc. v. PeckAlaska Supreme Court · 1974
- City of Fairbanks v. NesbettAlaska Supreme Court · 1967
- City of Nome v. AilakAlaska Supreme Court · 1977
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