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600.2139 Seal; presumptive evidence of consideration.

Sec. 2139.

In any action upon a sealed instrument, and where a counterclaim is founded on any sealed instrument, the seal thereof shall only be presumptive evidence of a sufficient consideration, which may be rebutted in the same manner, and to the same extent, as if such instrument were not sealed.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963