Thompson v. Larsen

The defendant relies on this appeal on this statement from 1 Wigmore on Evidence, 218, Section 159:

“The fact that a creditor during the period when he might have enforced his demand by suit, if he had one, was in indigent circumstances and needed the use of his means is a circumstance tending to fortify the presumption that the demand has been paid or otherwise satisfied, * * .” 21 R. C. L. §§ 135, 155.

In re Keenan’s Estate, 73 Hun, 177, (25 N. Y. Supp. 877); Bean v. Tonnele, 94 N. Y. 381 (46 Am. Rep. 153); Hamilton v. Hamilton, 18 Pa. St. 20 (55 Am. Dec. 585); Morrison v. Collins, 127 Pa. 28…