Principle

APPELLATE PRACTICE β€” Findings of Fact β€” Concurrent Findings β€” Attitude of Supreme Court to Concurrent Findings

Area of law
APPELLATE PRACTICE
Court
Supreme Court

The Supreme Court will not reopen concurrent findings of fact by two lower courts unless special circumstances exist. Special circumstances include perversity, patent error, improper exercise of judicial discretion, or miscarriage of justice. The appellant bears the burden of demonstrating such circumstances. Mere disagreement with…

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