Stafford v. Reed

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Horace Stern,

An appellate court will ordinarily accept as conclusive the findings of fact of a chancellor approved by the court en banc, but this rule is not applicable where the evidence, in order to prevail, must be clear, precise and indubitable or where it must meet some other prescribed standard of proof. Whether findings are supported by evidence of that quality is always a question of law and therefore reviewable by the appellate court. * In the present case it is our opinion that they are not so supported, — a conclusion which requires a reversal of the decree…