Property Owners Improvement District No. 247 of Pulaski County v. Williford
Court of Appeals of Arkansas
1DissentJohn E. Jennings, Judge
The circuit judge’s instructions to the jury were entirely correct and afford no ground for reversal.
Appellant’s proffered instruction number seven was AMI 202, the general instruction on burden of proof:
A party who has the burden of proof on a proposition must establish it by a preponderance of the evidence, unless the proposition is so established by other proof in the case. “Preponderance of the evidence” means the greater weight of evidence. The greater weight of evidence is not necessarily established by the greater number of witnesses testifying to any fact or state of facts. It is the…
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