When someone brings a copy of a deed or other ownership paper to court as evidence, the other side can fight it. They can bring their own evidence to show the original paper is fake, was not really signed by the right people, or that the copy does not match the original. The judge then looks at all the evidence and decides whether to allow or throw out the document.
490.330. offered to reject such copy. — Whenever any , or other , or a copy thereof, shall be offered in evidence, under the of any of the preceding sections, and objected to, the objecting may introduce evidence to show that the original is not what it to be, or that it was not by those in whose name it purports to have been executed, or that the copy offered is not a true copy of the original; and the court shall determine thereon, and admit or reject the , according to the evidence.
(RSMo 1939 § 1844)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 1680; 1919 § 5367; 1909 § 6312
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