2006 Utah Code - 78-25-8 — When entries and writings of a decedent are prima facie evidence.

     78-25-8.   When entries and writings of a decedent are prima facie evidence.
     The entries and other writings of a decedent made at or near the time of the transaction, and when he was in a position to know the facts stated therein, may be read as prima facie evidence of the facts therein stated, in the following cases:
     (1) When the entry was made against the interest of the person making it.
     (2) When it was made in a professional capacity and in the ordinary course of professional conduct.
     (3) When it was made in the performance of a duty specially enjoined by law.

No Change Since 1953

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