Principle

APPELLATE PRACTICE — Concurrent Findings — Supreme Court Will Rarely Disturb Concurrent Findings of Fact

Area of law
APPELLATE PRACTICE
Court
Supreme Court

The Supreme Court will rarely interfere with concurrent findings of fact made by both the trial court and the Court of Appeal. Such findings are presumed correct because two lower courts independently reached the same factual conclusion. An appellant must show exceptional circumstances such as…

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