Principle

APPELLATE PRACTICE — Concurrent Findings — Supreme Court Will Not Interfere Absent Perversity or Miscarriage of Justice

Area of law
APPELLATE PRACTICE
Court
Supreme Court

Concurrent findings of fact by lower courts are binding on the Supreme Court. Interference requires showing perversity, wrong approach to evidence, wrong application of law, or miscarriage of justice. The principle applies to appellate practice. The appellant bears the heavy burden of establishing such exceptional…

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