DADE COUNTY CROPPERS, INC.,
v.
H. S. WOOD
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The Florida Supreme Court affirmed a lower court's decree, holding that appellate courts should not overturn a chancellor's conclusions unless they are clearly erroneous. The court found no clear error in the chancellor's findings based on the evidence presented.
Yes, the chancellor's conclusions were correct because they did not appear to be clearly erroneous. Appellate courts generally defer to a chancellor's findings unless they are clearly wrong.
“inasmuch as such conclusions do not appear to be clearly erroneous, the decree appealed from should be affirmed in accordance with the general rule that the appellate court will not overturn the conclusion reached by the chancellor from the testimony and evidence in the case unless it appears that such conclusion was clearly erroneous.”
This quote explains the court's reasoning for affirming the lower court's decision, emphasizing the standard of review for a chancellor's findings.
The case involved an appeal of a decree made by a chancellor. The appellate court reviewed the transcript of the record, briefs, and oral arguments pr…
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This case having come on to be heard upon the transcript of the record and the written briefs and oral argument of counsel for the respective parties, and the-sáme having been duly considered, it appears that the decision of this case depends upon whether or not the chancellor was correct in' his conclusions' upon the testimony *494and evidence in the case, and that inasmuch as such conclusions do not appear to be clearly erroneous, the decree appealed from should be affirmed in accordance with the general rule that the appellate court will not overturn the conclusion reached by the chancellor from the testimony and evidence in the case unless it appears that such conclusion was clearly erroneous.
Affirmed.
Ellis, C. J., and Wi-iitfield, Terrell, Brown, Buford, and Davis, J. J., concur.