Principle

APPELLATE PRACTICE — Concurrent Findings — Interference by Supreme Court — When Court Will Not Disturb Concurrent Findings

Area of law: APPELLATE PRACTICE
Court: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court will not interfere with concurrent findings of fact supported by evidence. The appellant must show that the findings are perverse or unsupported. The principle respects the fact-finding roles of lower courts. The Supreme Court will not re-evaluate evidence to substitute its own…

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