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2014 Code of Alabama
Title 12 - COURTS.
Chapter 21 - EVIDENCE AND WITNESSES.
Section 12-21-112 - Written contract as evidence of debt or duty; impeachment thereof.
AL Code § 12-21-112 (2014) What's This?
Section 12-21-112Written contract as evidence of debt or duty; impeachment thereof. Every written contract, the foundation of the action, purporting to be executed by the party sought to be charged, his partner, agent or attorney-in-fact, is evidence of the existence of the debt or that the party undertook to perform the duty for which it was given and that it was made on sufficient consideration, but may be impeached by answer, and, when so impeached, the burden of proof is on the defendant.
(Code 1852, §2278; Code 1867, §2681; Code 1876, §3035; Code 1886, §2769; Code 1896, §1800; Code 1907, §3966; Code 1923, §7662; Code 1940, T. 7, §374.)Disclaimer: These codes may not be the most recent version. Alabama may have more current or accurate information. We make no warranties or guarantees about the accuracy, completeness, or adequacy of the information contained on this site or the information linked to on the state site. Please check official sources.
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