Principle

APPELLATE PRACTICE — Grounds of Appeal — Court’s Reliance on Unpleaded Issue of Estoppel

Area of law
APPELLATE PRACTICE
Court
Supreme Court

An appellate court should not devote substantial attention to issues not raised by the parties. Deciding unpleaded issues is unnecessary and may be erroneous. The court should confine itself to issues properly placed before it. Even if the court eventually relates the unpleaded issue to…

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