Sec. 303. EVIDENCE CONCERNING LOST OR DESTROYED CLAIMS

If evidence of a claim is lost or destroyed, the claimant or an authorized representative or agent of the claimant, may make affidavit to the fact of such loss or destruction, stating the amount, date, and nature of the claim and when due, and that the same is just, and that all legal offsets, payments and credits known to the affiant have been allowed, and that the claimant is still the owner of the claim; and the claim must be proved by disinterested testimony taken in open court, or by oral or written deposition, before the claim is approved. If such claim is allowed or approved without such affidavit, or if it is approved without satisfactory proof, such allowance or approval shall be void.

Acts 1955, 54th Leg., p. 88, ch. 55, eff. Jan. 1, 1956. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 1054, Sec. 7, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.