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2A:81-2.  Transactions with lunatic or decedent;  proof required
    When 1 party to any civil action is a lunatic suing or defending by guardian  or when 1 party sues or is sued in a representative capacity, any other party  who asserts a claim or an affirmative defense against such lunatic or  representative, supported by oral testimony of a promise, statement or act of  the lunatic while of sound mind or of the decedent, shall be required to  establish the same by clear and convincing proof.

L.1951 (1st SS), c.344; amended by L.1960, c. 52, p. 463, s. 45, eff. July 1, 1960.