Section 5.18 Matters of Defense or Rebuttal

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XIV. (§5.18) Matters of Defense or Rebuttal

General Rule: To overcome a presumption, it is only required that the evidence be substantial and not that it be positive, unequivocal, or unimpeached.

“The proponent of the affirmative converse instruction assumes the risk of non-persuasion on the issue thereby submitted.” In re Coots, 877 S.W.2d 245, 247 (Mo. App. W.D. 1994) (citing Hiers v. Lemley, 834 S.W.2d 729, 736 (Mo. banc 1992); Tierney v. Berg, 679 S.W.2d 919, 921 (Mo. App. E.D. 1984)).

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