Relevancy and effect of judgments, orders or decrees, other than those mentioned in
section 35.—Judgments, orders or decrees other than those mentioned in section 35 are relevant if they
relate to matters of a public nature relevant to the enquiry; but such judgments, orders or decrees are not
conclusive proof of that which they state.
Illustration.
A sues B for trespass on his land. B alleges the existence of a public right of way over the land,
which A denies. The existence of a decree in favour of the defendant, in a suit by A against C for a
trespass on the same land, in which C alleged the existence of the same right of way, is relevant, but it is
not conclusive proof that the right of way exists.