J. M. HARVEY AND BANK OF COMMERCE, A CORPORATION, APPELLANTS,
v.
THOMAS PALMER, APPELLEE

Fla. | 1923-07-14
Whitfield, West and Terrell, J. J., concur., Taylor, C. J., and Ellis and Browne, J. J., concur in the opinion.
86 Fla. 159 Florida Supreme Court (1923)

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Synopsis

The Florida Supreme Court affirmed a lower court's decree, holding that when there is conflicting evidence, a chancellor's finding of fact will not be reversed if there is sufficient evidence to support it.


Holding

No, the decree will not be reversed if there is ample evidence to sustain the chancellor's finding on questions of fact, even if the evidence is conflicting.


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Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam.

Per Curiam.

This appeal presents for review a final decree of the Court below and involves a question of fact only. There is conflict in the evidence, but there is in the record ample evidence to sustain the decree of the chancellor. Upon the familiar principle that where testimony is conflicting, but there is evidence sufficient to support the finding of the chancellor upon questions of fact, the decree will not be reversed unless it clearly appears to be erroneous, .the decree in this case will be affirmed. Smith v. Dowling, 81 Fla. 867, 89 South. Rep. 315; Travis v. Travis, 81 Fla. 309, 87 South. Rep. 762; Hill v. Beacham, 79 Fla. 430, 85 South. Rep. 147; Douglass v. Ogle, 80 Fla. 42, 85 South. Rep. 243; Whidden v. Rogers, 78 Fla. 93, 82 South. Rep. 611; Boyd v. Gosser, 78 Fla. 64, 82 South. Rep. 758, 6 A. L. R. 500.

Affirmed.

Whitfield, West and Terrell, J. J., concur. Taylor, C. J., and Ellis and Browne, J. J., concur in the opinion.


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