It was a gift, not a loan—Prove it!
By Jason G. Schutte & Eric Waldman
Civil Practice and Procedure,
September 2012
This article largely references the 4th District Appellate case of Barnes v. Michalski, in which Justice Appleton provided an exhaustive, informative and well-written analysis of Illinois law on presumptions of money transfers, burdens of proof, the statute of frauds and other issues.
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