IEA 109 — Burden of proof as to relationship in the cases of partners, landlord and tenant, principal and agent

Indian Evidence Act, 1872

Statutory text

When  the  question  is  whether  persons  are  partners,  landlord  and  tenant,  or  principal  and
agent,  and  it  has  been shown  that they  have  been  acting  as  such, the  burden  of proving  that  they  do  not
stand,  or  have  ceased  to  stand,  to  each  other  in  those  relationships  respectively,  is  on  the  person  who affirms it.

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