Effect of presumptions if there is controverting evidence

La. Code Evid. art. 306

La. Code Evid. art. 306

Art. 306. Effect of presumptions if there is controverting evidence If the trier of fact finds the existence of the predicate fact, and if there is evidence controverting the fact to be inferred, it shall find the existence of the inferred fact unless it is persuaded by the controverting evidence of the nonexistence of the inferred fact. Acts 1997, No. 577, §1.